NHTSA Complaint #10630002 — 2003 FORD TAURUS

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION SHOP IN TOWN. WHEN I WENT TO TALK TO THE MECHANIC HE SAID HE ALREADY KNEW WHAT IT WAS. HE SAID THAT HE HAD A MULTITUDE OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL THAT HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. HE SAID IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT ALLOWS THE TORQUE CONVERTOR TO "STRIP" WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AFTER TAKING THE TRANSMISSION APART HE CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTOR AND WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE IT INCLUDING LABOR SO I HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED. ALL WAS GOING WELL WITH THE TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTOR UNTIL AUGUST 30, 2014 WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SO ONCE AGAIN I WILL HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE CAR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 80,000 MILES ON IT. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO SERIOUSLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE SO NO ONE IS KILLED? THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR AND MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE AS EARLY AS APPROXIMATELY 2007 SO IT IS NOT THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE BUT THE DESIGN FLAW. NO TELLING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT REPORTING IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR ALL WHO HAVE OWNED OR STILL OWN THE 2003 FORD TAURUS. *TR