i have a 2005 ford taurus with 58,622 miles on it . i was going to the store and all at once my car started to slow down i pulled over and check under the hood to see if something looked wrong , i just had car serviced and new brakes i called the nearby ford dealer and had to have car towed there ,they act as they have no idea whats wrong and said they will call tomorrow with the answer at a price of $99.99 . now i see on here there is a lot of complaints with the same problem !!!!!! i have a bad heart and i am retired because of it and was stranded in the heat today because of it !!!! Please if there is a class action suit please add my name, because ford has to know about the problem and should recall them !!!!!!!

Transmission started slipping. I would pull out of in front of traffic and it would rev up and jolt to a start then it would be ok. I then went to go up a huge hill and I got 1/2 way up and the rpm's pinned then the car wouldn't go any further. Luckily it happened and I was able to make a right turn so I didn't have to slide down the hill (there was no room on the shoulder). I brought it to my mechanic and he knew exactly what was wrong. I had a blown neutral/ drive accumluator channel plate gasket He has fixed many Tauras' that had that same problem. It mimics the symptoms of a stripped pump drive. He recommended that I DO NOT loose my receipt because he feels there will be some kind of class action lawsuit.

i bought this car for my daughter, it only had 70000 kms on it,she fell in love with (it was a short romance) got from an estate sale, paid a good dollar for it. , she lives 600 miles away from us . had the car a week she drove home drivers side front floor got wet ,soft spot in the floor , 500.00 to repair, last month tranny 3000.00 to repair, heat shield over exhaust broke off yesterday ,now this morning a noise in the engine. the car to look at for 2005 is mint, she's here visiting this Easter weekend. going o have to give my old 03 Honda civic with 200k on to dr back .a least i know she,ll get there .I've always been a ford man, been courier agent for 30 yrs , i own 4 ford unit now, but i think with the problem with all lately, the poor parts and service from ford, I'll be using Mercedes sprinters next. ford still got a long to go with their customers

I bought this car in February and was told that car is good at 76000 miles. When dring the car its real comfortable but things start to happen after 1 week. I notice it start to slam and when driving at 60 to 70 miles and star slowing down its jumping and nosiy. I was warnead to say d but I was won over by the saleman. Sad to say they are liars and never ever trust a salesman. Every car is good. . I will all folks here that Ford 2005 transmission is no good. I will never buy another ford again. Please note most people buy ford because of this - Put AF before the word FORD and this is what I can AFFORD . I has a loan and will not fix it because the problem might happen again. I will pay off the loan and move on. May God bless the later Ford Generations - the nowadays one will not do anything for Ford owners. Please note Ford did not take the bail out money from Obama - yet their stocks are up - not because of 2005 FORD TAURUS

I have been dealing with faulty transmission for several months now. I try not to drive my Taurus unless necessary these days, as I do not have the money to fix it yet. The car does not have problems driving short distances around town, but when I have to drive across the Twin Span into New Orleans, usually after driving at high speeds of 65+ for about 30 minutes, the tachometer will leap higher, then slowly fall to 0. I will be pressing the gas, but the car will slowly decelerate. The only gears that work are park and neutral. Once I coast to a stop on the shoulder, the car will cough and sputter until I turn it off.

But all I do is wait about 10 seconds, then turn the car on again, and it runs fine! For about 10-15 mins that is. Then we repeat the process all over again. Lately it has been getting worse. When just sitting idle at a red light, the car shakes and coughs a little bit. I'm saving up to get it fixed, but I am really sick of having a car that I purchased only 3 years ago that is so unreliable and dangerous. With so many other people experiencing the same thing, I don't feel like it's my fault as a driver. The fault lies with Ford for making a bad product. I agree will so many others who have commented here, I will never buy Ford again. When I purchase a car, I would like it if the car actually worked.

Being somewhat retired due to medical problems and being on a VERY limited income, we decided to spend all our savings and buy a 2005 Taurus from my daughter. She had purchased it brand new and it had all of it's regular maintanance. I was driving it in town, at 25 mph and stopped at a four way stop. I turned left and the car revved up but did not go! I was left on the street in traffic, in the rain!

A nice young man stopped and helped push it to a safe location. I had to find a ride to go to Anderson Ford in Bellefontaine, Ohio. We went to the service department and told the desk person of our problem. Sadly, with a nasty smirk on his face... he told us tough luck, no warranty....

Sorry, but not worth $3300. to fix!

Ford, you should be ashamed!!!!! What next? Disposable cars? Might as well be!

Last Ford I ever buy!

I was shocked to say the least at how many people with the same year Taurus (2005) had the same transmission problem as my wife and daughter just experienced while coming

back late on a Saturday night from taking my son home after my daughter's Birthday Party.

The same as I have been reading, my Wife made a left turn, started going when all of a sudden the tranny disengaged and the tachometer needle registered high rpm's then bottomed out and she had no more forward or reverse gears just park & neutral. I thank God

she was on a down grade and was able to pull into a parking lot where they launch boats,and it didn't happen on the steel bridge that goes across the Illinois River.

We bought this Taurus to replace a Buick Century that was getting up in years and had over 250,000 miles on it (AS I LOOK BACK OH WHAT A WONDERFUL CAR) we have only had this piece of cow dung Taurus for a little over a year and 27,000 miles later were getting spanked for a replacement transmission. FORD WTF WHERE YOU THINKING ? You did it to may parents with a 1965 Galaxy 500 (faulty frame),my 1990 ranger (tranny)and now 2005 Taurus (tranny) guess what three strikes and "YOUR OUT". I'll never buy another Ford again,your not a company who stands behind its product you never have and I guess you never will.

I can only say that I hope someday there is a Class Action Lawsuit for all the people who had to shell out their hard earned dollars on these transmissions or for the one fella I read about that lost his life trying to push your product off to the side of a highway, They say buy AMERICAN, but its truly hard with this type of cheap material and workmanship...

I bought this Taurus in 2007 with only 18000 miles on it. Got a good deal on it and needed something. Fortunately, when I bought it, I bought the extended warranty. At 32000 miles the timing chain broke while my brother was driving it. After this repair was complete I think the dealer damaged the A/C compressor as it died about a week after getting it back from the timing chain repair. All of this was fixed under my extended warranty and was over $4000 for the repairs. Well since these repairs the car has been reliable with no problems until today. I was driving to work and noticed that the engine was revving up, but there wasn't much movement forward. At the first stop light the car did not move when I hit the gas at first then lurched forward. Fortunately, I was near a parking lot and immediately pulled in and tried all gears and found that it would no longer move at all. So I think now the tranny must be dead. I had it towed and am waiting on a diagnosis. After checking this site for this car and the symptoms, I am sure that it will need to be replaced. Will update the results later...

Update from Feb 1, 2012: After the mechanic had a look at the car, it turned out to be some switch that was damaged and had to be replaced. Of course the fluid had also run out of the transmission and this is why it would not move. I have driven it now for a few hundred miles and it seems to be fine. Have to drive the thing about 800 miles to get home in the next few weeks so we will see.

I purchased Ford Taurus vehicle brand new 2005 had a problem with the torque converter the car just died on road no warning had extended warranty on car just over 36.000 miles Now dec 2011 light came on check transmission took to Ford was told the transmission needed repaired at least 2000 dollars to fix the car has 64,000 miles on it I am so disappointed with this car and Ford right now we recently paid off the vehicle and the warranty is up, and Ford states there is nothing they can do car is out of warranty I have purchased new cars from ford for over 20 years will never again!!! Ford really needs to recall these vehicles it is not fair to us to have these cost when the car has low mileage and transmission goes It is not right .

This is a failing transmission. Not a total failure at the moment. I drove to a friend's house about 90 minutes outside of Boston. On our way back into Boston the next day, in some minor snow and temperatures in the mid-20's I noticed the transmissions jerking slightly as it tried to up shift (I'm guessing from 3rd to 4th as it was occurring only at speeds above 45 mph or so.

I was actually lucky for the inclement weather because the average speed on the highway was only around 45 so I didn't have to force the car into fourth gear. I got the car back to my neighborhood and parked it.

Haven't yet had a chance to take the car to a mechanic, but I'm not optimistic about it being something minor. To spend $2700 on this issue now seems a bit silly because the car is only worth around $3000. I've never liked the way this transmission behaved. Now I'm really not a fan. After reading everyone else's problems, I can believe Ford won't do anything to help up. Very disappointed right now.

I didn't realize how much of a problem this was until today. I will be adding a second complaint in a little while as after putting a rebuilt transmission in the car at 60,000 miles we will be putting a second in at 110,000 miles. Something must be done about this. If so many people are having the same problem!!

I noticed an issue with the tranmission when I first bought the car, took it back to have it looked at they told me there was nothing wrong. I told them when the I was in traffice the tranmission shiffted hard between 1st and second gear. Needless to say they did nothing. Then at around 60,000 the tranmission went out all together left me stranded on a highway. Cost to fix would have been 3000 if we had not purchased the extended warranty.

i bought this car in good faith,i had been looking for a car because my Buick was getting on in years.i had been looking at many different dealers ships until i asked a friend if he could keep his eyes open for a good used car.a long time had pass when i was told about this ford Taurus 2005 it was just beautiful ran good no problem until 12-21-11 when my transmission started to act sluggish i would stop and it just would not move then a few seconds it slowly started moving .i only have 35,091 on the car.i called the place i brought it at ,they said we can not help you i put to many miles on it frome the time i bought it to now.I DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN,GERMANY,KOREN OR ANY OTHER THAT I MIT HAVE MISsED, IN MY YOUTH I BOUGHT A FOREIGN MADE CAR HAD TROUBLES WITH IT I CAME BACK TO AMERICAN MADE ,UNTIL 12-21-11 .all i ask is why a car that has so many complaints about transmission problems why isnt it being fix before it leaves the factory or are the trade people along with management have that i cant see from my house.AMERICA FROM THE PRESIDENT DOWN TO ME, I WAS AFRAID TO OPEN MY MOUTH, WHERE IS THE HELP FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY OR ANY VEHICLE COMPANY THAT MAKES AMERICAN MADE ,I CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO WILLING TO GO STAND ON A STREET WHERE CARS GO BY AND COUNT AND COMPARE HOW MANY FOREIGN MADE TOO AMERICAN MADE VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD .hog wash we can build a rocket to go to the moon and back ,yet we are told they can`t build a low cost ,improve the gas mileage on vehicle or are you top c.e.o.forcing us into buying all electric vehicle how much money will stop the greed how many families will be destroyed before it ends.one day we will have to answer for what we do .

I purchased 2005 ford Taurus from a dealer two months back and it has 68000 miles on it, all of a sudden it started giving troubles while driving on uphill, the car doesn't catch up to the speed when going on uphill even i give lot of acceleration, when I took the vehicle to Ford service they verified and informed me that the transmission failed and it needs to be replaced which would cost me additional $3,400. I should have read all the reviews before purchasing this JUNK FORD CAR. I m looking towards the dealer to see what he can do to me.