NHTSA Complaint #764724 — 1997 FORD TAURUS

ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, OR STARTING UP FROM A RED LIGHT IN HOT WEATHER, WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING ON VACATION, AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE RPM SHOT UP TO APPROXIMATELY TO 4,200 RPM, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND LET THE RPM DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 2400 RPM, WHEN I APPLIED THROTTLE SLOWLY AND THE CAR SLOWLY ACCELERATED UP TO 55 MILES PER HOUR. THIS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN MAKING A U TURN AND THE CAR REPEATED THE SAME ACTION EVEN WHILE MOVING AT SLOW SPEED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY ROAD TESTED AND PUT THE CAR ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY THING WRONG WITH THE CAR OR TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY CONTACTED FORD MOTOR AND WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF THE 1997 TAURUS. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY WIFE AND MYSELF, AS I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK AND A CAR ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN THE PROBLEM AROSE.*JB