NHTSA Complaint #741423 — 1994 FORD TAURUS

MY SON BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM HIS GRANDPARENTS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT BRAND NEW FROM DICK MASHETER FORD IN COLUMBUS, OH. THE MILEAGE WAS AT 50,000 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND THE FORD DEALER IN JOHNSTOWN, OHIO TOLD US THAT 1994 TAURUS'S HAVE ONE OF THE MOST UNRELIABLE TRANSMISSIONS THAT FORD HAD PRODUCED AND THAT THEY HAVE SERVICED A LOT OF TAURUS TRANSMISSIONS. THE COST FOR MY 19 YEAR OLD SON ON A CAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NOT NEEDED ANY MAJOR WORK WAS $2,100 FOR A RE-BUILT TRANSMISSION FROM AAMCO IN REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO. MY SON OWNS THE CAR AND HIS NAME IS [XXX], I AM HIS MOTHER [XXX].*AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).