This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Vehicle would hesitate & wouldn't stay running. Wires for fuel pump had rubbed against flex hose, causing it to expose the wires & short out. Dealer cold do nothing because no recall. Also the cv joints failed and the transmission pan cracked. The brakes vibrated causing the steering to vibrate terrebly. The vehicle, the consumer says, must be defective.
Gear broke inside transmission and exploded outwards, breaking the case. Consumer states that they took car to a transmission specialist, and they said it was a manufacturer's defect. Differential assembly had excessive teeth damaged and probably caused case to break outward.
The transmission shifts up and down when you maintain a steady speed of approx. 60 miles an hour. The whole car jerks when this happens. It feels like the power to the car turns off it is such a hard shift. I reported this problem at 32,000 miles to jim skinner Ford. They said that there is nothing wrong with it, "Taurus's do that". it also jerks really hard when I shift from park to drive but they said this is normal also. Periodically, when you come to a stop it surges forward.
Service bulletin 98-3-7: intermittent neutral condition - no warranty coverage even though Ford has upgraded the part. Dealer quote was $2500. Transmission shop upgraded for $1500.
Original transmission failed at 35,000 miles replaced by a factory rebuilt dealer tranny. Second tranny failed at 43000, dealer stated that no factory rebuilts were available. Rebult transmission inhouse. Both transmissions failed due to shifting from 1 to neutral. After the repair of the second transmission the car started to accelerate by itself. Starting from a stop, pressing on the accelerator pedal the car shifts from 1 to 2 nd to 3rd, if I take my foot off the accelerator pedel the car continues to gain speed and the tach needle does not drop down but continues to stay in the 2 to 3 thousand RPM range, it I put the tranny in neutral the tach need jumps up to 3,000 rpms.
Transmission slipped and failed when accelerating and slammed into 2nd gear then refused to power/ work at all - 3rd reverse piston cracked dealer said needs replacing at owners expense.
Vehicle slips into neutral when at a stop position. While vehicle was under warranty dealer said this was normal. Valve body has been replaced, problem has not reoccurred, although there is rough shifting.
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- Melrose, FL, USA