NHTSA Complaint #10513755 — 2008 FORD TAURUS

THE AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFTER HAS A RUBBER MAT UNDER THE METAL PLATE WITH THE PRNDL GEARS LISTED. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT OUT OF P AND THEN YOU REACH R AND D THE MAT HAS BUNCHED UP SO MUCH THAT THE METAL PLATE TELLING YOU WHAT GEAR YOU'RE IN POPS OFF. THIS IS AN EXTREME HAZARD, AS I BACK INTO THE ROAD AND THEN TO PUT IT IN D, NOT KNOWING WHERE D IS BECAUSE THE PLATE POPS OFF, I COULD BE HIT. I ALSO HAVE A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED FORD AND THEY ACTED AS IF THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS ISSUES. THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT TRUE. THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR FATALITY. *TR