You would think so. Don't know of any accidents caused by this issue but
it did not make me happy. The car was not all that old at the time and
not rusty underneath.
RB
On 20/12/2017 5:05 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote:
Wow - that sounds like a candidate for a NHTSA recall....
Larry
On 12/20/2017 2:02 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Different beast altogether, but we had an 86 Taurus that suffered
rusting of the front subframe mounts. Actually the washers around the
bolts on the bottom rusted through which permitted the rear of the
subframe to drop down some. My wife was driving it home from work at
lunchtime when one broke. She heard it and wondered what it was but
the car seemed ok so she did not worry about it. On the way home in
the evening, the 2nd one broke and then the car did not steer quite
right so she mentioned it to me when I got home.
It did not come undone, thankfully, but it partly pulled the steering
linkage apart.
I went to the dealer looking for parts and was advised that it was a
common issue and there was an upgrade kit with heavier galvanized
washers.
Would have been nice if Ford had let us know it was something to be
concerned about before it happened.
Fortunately my wife was close to home and on a slow residential
street when it happened. It might have been much more exciting if she
had been on a highway at speed and hit a bump or something that
triggered the rusted parts to give way.
RB
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