NHTSA Complaint #10436394 — 2001 FORD TAURUS

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO SAY I AM 19 YEARS OLD AND A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO DOESN'T HAVE $2000 LAYING AROUND FOR A CRAPPY TRANSMISSION AND I'M VERY UPSET THAT I MADE SUCH A NAIVE PURCHASE. HERE'S THE STORY.. I BOUGHT IT FROM A PRIVATE SELLER WHOM TOLD ME SINCE HE HAD THE CAR HE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE . SO I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD RUNNING CAR WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION. TWO WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION JUST GAVE UP ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE I WAS DOING 65-70 MPH THE MOMENTUM PUSHED THE CAR OF THE I10 TO A SAFE PLACE ON THE SHOULDER. I TURNED IT OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT MOVED A COUPLE OF YARDS TO AN NEARBY GAS STATION WHERE IT SAT FOR HOURS. I TOOK IT TO COTTMANS TRANSMISSION AND A OLDER GUY WHO HAVE BEEN FIXING CARS FOR THE LONGEST TOLD ME"LOOK I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON CARS FOR A LONG TIME AND THESE TAURUS HAVE COMMON TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS" IM NOT PUTTING ANOTHER DIME INTO THIS CAR. THESE CARS ARE KNOWN FOR GETTING PEOPLE FIRED FROM WORK AND MESSING UP PEOPLE LIVES. I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING A VACATION IN MY CAR BUT I GUESS MY TRANSMISSION HIT THE ROAD BEFORE I DID. I'VE READ MANY MANY REPORTS ON BLOG SITE WHERE EVERY TAURUS OWNER TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT ON THEM. AND IT SEEMS THESE CARS GO OUT AT THE WRONG TIME. IT'S A [XXX] SHAME THAT SOME OF THE REPORTS I'VE READ SOME OF THE PEOPLE WAS IN LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. IT'S GONNA TAKE SOMEBODY TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR DIE AS A RESULT OF THESE POORLY BUILT PIECE OF [XXX] FOR FORD TO GET UP OFF THEIR [XXX]. I SHOULD JUST WENT GOT THAT NEW MAXIMA. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR