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.

- Melrose, FL, USA

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.

- Los Angelos, CA, USA

Complete transmission failure without warning at only 37,204 miles.

- Littleton, CO, USA

No summary listed for above vehicle.

- Fayetteville, NC, USA

No summary

- Wingdale, NY, USA

No summary

- Wingdale, NY, USA

Transmission intermittently slipped for 30seconds to a minutes before engaging

- Woodlands, TX, USA

Transmission shifting roughly into gears.

- Washington, DC, USA

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.

- Southside, AL, USA

The car barely moves, if at all, when in any gear. Transmission is making a loud buzzing noise. Fluid was checked and is not low.

- Farmington Hills, MI, USA

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.

- Garrisonville, VA, USA

I think this is a safety issue with the Ford Taurus mfr. Not willing to do anything about it..

- Orange, CA, USA

No summary listed for above vehicle.

- Biloxi, MS, USA

Transmission is leaking onto the catalyic converter. Vehicle not included in recall 97V097000.

- Ballston Lake, NY, USA

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.

- Monsey, NY, USA

Transmission repeatedly had problems slamming/jumping, and hopping out, then finally quit Ford didn't care.

- Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Transmission was slipping prior to failure.

- Montezuma, GA, USA

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.

- Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA

When the consumer starts the vehicle the transmission races in gears (as if it was in neutral) the shift harshly into gear.

- Washington, DC, USA

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.

- Marietta, GA, USA