NHTSA Complaint #713613 — 1993 FORD TAURUS

TRANSMISSION - SHORTLY AFTER WE GOT THE VEHICLE, AT LOW SPEEDS 10-15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT. THIS PROGRESSED TO WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 55-65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP ABRUPTLY ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A REAR END MULTIPLE CAR COLLISSION. TOOK THE CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION PEOPLE, AND THEY SAID THE TAURUS' TRANSMISSION IN ALL VEHICLES IS DEFECTIVE IN THAT IT IS MADE SO THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL CANNOT GET TO ALL THE PARTS CAUSING BREAKDOWN. THEY BOTH SAID I SHOULD GET RID OF THE VEHICLE AS EVEN IF I PUT A NEW TRANMISSION IN THE VEHICLE, THE NEW ONES ARE MADE EXACTLY THE SAME AND THE SAME PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN. ON NHTSA COMPLAINT DIVISION, I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. BECAUSE I GOT THE VEHICLE WITH 70000 MILES ON IT, FOR ALL I KNOW THE VEHICLE COULD BE ON ITS 3RD OR 4TH TRANSMISSION. I INQUIRED ABOUT GETTING A USED TRANSMSSION, AND BOTH REPAIR MEN LAUGHED AND SAID GOOD LUCK, EVERY TAURUS STILL OPERATING HAS HAD OR NEEDED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AND THUS THERE ARE NO USED TRANSMISSIONS AVAILABLE. THE CAR BUCKS AND JERKS CONSTANTLY AND VIOLENTLY EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS AND BECAUSE OF THE ABRUPT DOWNSHIFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WE NO LONGER FEEL SAFE, AND SO DO NOT DRIVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE WINDOW SHIELD WIPERS FAIL AT THE WORST TIMES - SUCH AS DURING A DOWNPOUR WHEN YOUR'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT, THEY WILL COMPLETELY STOP WITH NO WARNING, MAKING VISIBILITY IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP. I ALSO FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS ON THE NHTSA COMPLAINT SITE, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE ON THIS. ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE HAS A LOT OF MILES ON IT, THE NHTSA COMPLAINT SITE INDICATES THAT NUMBEROUS PERSON HAD TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME TYPE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW (BACK IN 1993) AND I FEEL FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *AK