We notified the dealer about 1 month after purchasing the car that we thought there was a transmission problem. Told us nothing was wrong. Transmission failed at 46,000. Still wasn't "right" after rebuilt transmission. After our insistance, additional testing was done, speed sensor was replaced. Car was speeding up on its' own. Our claim is that the speed sensor was defective from the beginning causing the transmission to fail.

- Houston, TX, USA

There is a problem with transmission. Transmission will not go into gear or at times will not move while it is in gear.

- Stone Mountain, GA, USA

Suddenly unable to shift into any gear. Had to open hood to manually shift transmission to move car. No prior aggressive shifting, no warning symptoms of impending failure.

- Ann Arbor, MI, USA

The vehicle slips while in gears.

- Kennebunk, ME, USA

Transmission began shifting into 2nd at a very low spped, would actually snap your neck upon changing took into shop, they states 2nd gear of transmission has gone out $2500 in repair to replace transmission, all previous maintenance had been done by dealer.

- Durham, NC, USA

I complained about this car the day I bought it. I told them it was a lemon and I wanted my money back. The dealer refused. From the day I bought the car (one year ago) it is has been in the shop for a total of over 8 weeks. It has had replacement transmission, catalytic converters, gaskets, pumps, hoses, filters and it still does not run. It doesn't start properly, if it starts at all. It stalls in reverse and initital shift into drive does not run smooth. The wiper fluid does not come out. The car rattles and sounds awful. The car is under manufacturer warranty and they won't fix it. The car is a lemon there is something fundamentally wrong with it and it can't be fixed. Ford knows this and they won't take it back.

- Kennebunk, ME, USA

73,000 plus miles on a 1999 Ford Taurus and the transmission stops working completely.

- Linden, NJ, USA

73,000 plus miles on a 1999 Ford Taurus and the transmission stops working completely.

- Linden, NJ, USA

While consumer was traveling at 5 mph and going over a speed bump vehicle would not accelerate, vehicle would only rev, but not move. Contacted dealer, and the dealer stated that transmission was defective.

- Glenbernie, MD, USA

Transmission does not let the car decellerate when letting up on the accelerator, it stays constant or surges. I am the car could injure someone in parking lot. It also doesn't seem to decellerate at other speeds, as if cruise is on, dont have cruise. The Ford "master mechanic" indicated that he even called Ford engineers to reprogram the powertrain control module with no change. He had me drive another 1999 Taurus on the dealers used car lot, and it did the same thing.

- Rochester, NY, USA

While driving at lower speeds, vehicle will shift to a highr gear and give itself gas with no driver input. Transmission snaps at low speed shifts, it pops and bangs. Wipers activate for no reason intermittently.

- N Charlsteon, SC, USA

When traveling on highway vehicle shakes and trembles, and transmission feels like it is going to come out of vehicle. Dealership is aware of problem.

- Auburn, GA, USA

No summary listed for above vehicle.

- Margate, NJ, USA

Vehicle experiencing hesitation in shifting, dealer overhauled the transmission.

- Sanford, FL, USA

Transmission slips, causing vehicle to stop at intersection, took to dealer, who said vehicle had limited 1 gear.

- New Britan, CT, USA

At approximately 47,600 miles the bearing to the transmission fluid pump failed causing the shaft to gyrate, destroying the torque converter. Discussing the failure with the mechanic that repaird the transmission it was theorized that the design of lubrication to the bearing was flawed. Even though I had the car for 1.5 years and put 47 thousand plus miles on the car, a catastrophic failure such as this should not have happened.

- Easton, PA, USA

1. transmission gear was in reverse when vehicle accelerated backwards, htting a pole. 2. vehicle will lunge forward mostly at the first start of the day. The vehicle had two serious vibrations when brakes were applied. The vibration caused the heat shield over converter to break and exhaust system to separate and leak.

- Richford, VT, USA

Faulty gasket/seal and transmission case caused vehicle to leak transmission fluid onto the exhaust manifold immediately after purchased. Nlm

- Leesburg, FL, USA

While driving slowly the vehicle lurches forward when shifting. Nlm

- Apalachin, NY, USA

The transmission would not engage into first gear or would slip and not shift out of first gear or down to first gear. Nlm

- Royersford, PA, USA