NHTSA Complaint #10392732 — 2003 FORD TAURUS

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MARCH 2009 AND HAD WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH IT. ON NOVEMBER 5, 2009 MY HUSBAND AND I LEFT FOR THE STORE. WE HAD NOT EVEN GOTTEN 1 MILE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE WHEN THE CAR STOPPED RESPONDING WHEN YOU PRESSED ON THE GAS. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO LOUD NOISES AND THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE. WHEN WE STOPPED TO INSPECT WHAT HAPPENED WE FOUND THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. WHEN YOU SHIFTED OUT OF PARK--NOTHING, LITERALLY NOTHING HAPPENED. WE FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND FORKED OVER THE $1000 TO HAVE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT IN. PROBLEM SOLVED--OR SO WE THOUGHT. EARLIER THIS WEEK (MARCH 22, 2011) MY HUSBAND LEFT FOR WORK AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SAME AS LAST TIME- NO WARNING AND THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE. WE ARE AT OUR WITS END WITH THIS CAR AND ALTHOUGH I LOVE IT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP PUTTING TRANSMISSIONS IN IT EVERY FEW MONTHS. *TR