1997 FORD TAURUS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

VEHICLE SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL WHEN AT A STOP POSITION. WHILE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL. VALVE BODY HAS BEEN REPLACED, PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED, ALTHOUGH THERE IS ROUGH SHIFTING. *AK *ML

WHEN I STOP AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THE TRANSMISSION DROPS IN TO NEUTRAL AND DOES NOT WANT TO GO INTO GEAR, YOU HAVE TO REV THE ENGINE TO GET IT TO MOVE AND THEN THE TRANS. JERKS REAL HARD, THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CERVO'S AT FIRST AND NOW THE ARE SAYING A SENSOR IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM BUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SINCE THE WARRANTY IS OUT! *AK

EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION HESITATION WHILE SLOWING DOWN INTO A TURN AND ROUGH TRANSITION ( BANGING) WHEN REAPPLYING ACCELERATION COMING OUT OF THE TURN. FORD DEALER REPORTS AFTER DIAGNOSTIC AND TEAR DOWN THAT PROBLEM WAS IN TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCHES AND TORQUE CONVERTOR AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. TRANSMISSION ONLY HAS 48500 MILES AND ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 46000 MILES WITH ONLY SUBTLE ROUGH TRANSIENT SHIFTING AT FIRST. PROBLEM GREW WORSE WITH BANGING AND WHOLE CAR VIBRATION AT TIMES. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND WILL CONTACT SERVICE MANAGER FOR A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED PROBLEM SO THAT A DECISION CAN BE REACHED FOR AN OUT OF WARRANTY COMPONENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SITUATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION SLIPS UNEXPECTEDLY, DEALER SAYS IT'S FAULTY. *AK *ML

JUST THE TRANMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS WHINING SOUND WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS. *AK

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL BY NOT GOING INTO GEAR IN THE MORNING, IT THEN WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 20 MPH AND HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT AFTER I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO HELP AND BASICALLY DID NOT WANT ANY PART OF MY PROBLEM. WHEN I ASKED FORD IF ALOT OF TAURUS' HAVE THIS PROBLEM THEY REFUSED TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION. I THINK I HAVE A ROGHT TO KNOW SINCE I AM AN OWNER OF A TAURUS AND I STILL OWE A VERY LARGE SUM OF MONEY ON THIS CAR. I THEN CHECKED IN TO IT MYSELF AND FOUND MIND-BOGGLING STORIES OF HOW FORD WILL NOT MAKE GOOD ON THESE TAURUS'. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK WITH THIS TYPE IF CAR WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION IT IS HORRIBLE, A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CO. WILL NOT MAKE GOOD ON THESE CARS...

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AT RIVERVIEW FORD-MERCURY IN COLUMBIA, IL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHIICLE. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER HAS VEHICLE IN PARK GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT MOVE IN DRIVE. GEAR SHIFT IS STUCK. *AK

COMPLETE TRANS FAILURE

WHENEVER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE THEY WOULD WORK ERRACTICALLY. SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY FOR THE DRIVER. THE SWITCH CAN TURN WIPERS ON & THEN WIPERS WOULD STOP. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY, AND POWER STEERING FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. TAKING VEHICLE DEALER TO CHECK OUT PROBLEMS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS SOLD A 5 STAR LEMON. THE CARFAX WESITE HAS 6 LEMON HISTORY REPORTS. ALSO MY CAR HAS A RECALL ON AX4S AUTO-TRANS. I HAVE THE REPORTS. PLEASE CHECK ALL REPORTS, I FEEL ME AND MY FAMILY IS IN GRAVE DANGER, PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO DIE. PLEASE DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES: ONCE AT 31,000 MILES OF WEAR; SECOND TIME AT 53,000 MILES OF WEAR, AND AT PRESENT WITH 58,000 MILES OF WEAR. ALL REPAIRS WERE DONE BY DEALER, AND ONCE AT CONSUMER EXPENSE WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *ML

WAS PROCEDING ACROSS INTERSECTION, STARTING UP SLIGHT GRADE WHEN I LOST FORWARD MOTION OF VEHICLE. I ACCELERATED ENGINE AND THE ENGINE REVOLUNTIONS INCREASED. I PUT TRANSMISSION IN PARK, THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND SAME THING HAPPENED. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I THEN PLACE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE AND THE CAR MOVED BACKWARD AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO. NO PROBLEM IN REVERSE. AGAIN, I ATTEMPED TO PLACE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE, THEN 2ND, THEN LOW RANGE AND COULD NOT GET ANY FORWARD. MOVEMENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST (AFTER DICSUSSING ISSUE WITH DEALER). THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST SAID HE GOT INTO THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING AND CAR RAN FINE. HE TOOK FOR TEST DRIVE AND CAR RAN FINE. HE INSPECTED THE TRANSMISSION AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. HE REPLACED FLUID AND CHANGED FILTER. THE CAR RAN OKEY FOR SEVERAL DAYS, THEN ON 3/16/00, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND REPORTED...

WE BOUGHT THIS 97 TAURUS WITH 56,816 MILES ON 3/17/99. A WEEK LATER THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER ADVISED US TO GO TO HIS MECHANIC AND HAVE IT CHECKED. THE MECHANIC READ A P1744 CODE, CLEARED THE CODE, ROAD-TESTED THE CAR, AND ADVISED US TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE, AND SEE IF IT WOULD RESET OR NOT. IN THE ONGOING MONTHS ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THREE MORE TIMES. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS AND THE CAR WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THESE THREE TIMES IT WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THE CODE CLEARED AND WE WERE SENT ON OUR WAY. THE LAST TIME, HOWEVER, WE SAID THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS GOT TO BE SOLVED! THE FORD DEALER SAID IT COULD BE MANY THINGS, AND WOULD COST $63.00 TO INVESTIGATE. AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE DEALER SAID IT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, APPROXIMATELY $750.00 TO OVERHAUL. THE DEALER WAS GIVEN...

TRANSMISSION QUIT. IF WE WERE ON INTERSTATE, WOULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR PROBLEM.

WHEN APPLYING THE GAS AND GOING DOWN HILL, TRANSMISSION MAKES A JERK FORWARD AND A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE CLUNKING AND JERKING HAS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. DEALER HAS SEEN THE VEHICLE, BUT DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT IT. *AK *ML

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTINTLY COME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM TWICE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX IT. NOW THE PROBLEM IS ESCULATING. THE CAR NOW SHUTS OFF THE POWER TO THE RADIO SPEAKERS, POWER WINDOWS, POWER ASSIST AND PROBABLY OTHER COMPONENTS WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT IS TAKEN OUT OF PARK. ALL COMPONENTS WORK FINE WHEN CAR IS IN PARK SHIFT POSITION. OF COURSE I'M REQUIRED TO PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED EVEN THOUGH IT COULD PROBABLY BEEN FIXED RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE DECISION TO STOP GOING BACK TO THE DEALER IS BASED ON THE WORK THEY DID DO (SHABBY) AND THEIR NOT BEING ABLE TO FIX THE MAIN PROBLEM I TOOK THE CAR BACK INTO THEM. IS THE CAR SUPPOSE TO HAD A HIGH WIND NOISE - I WAS TOLD THAT WAS PART...

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A STOP TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN TO THE LAST GEAR. VEHICLE HESITATES TO SHIFT DOWN. WHEN TAKING OFF, THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSON WAS FINALLY REPLACED. *AK.ET.

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE. DEALER REBUILT FIRST TIME AND EXACTLY A YEART LATER IT FAILED AGAIN. IT IS 8,000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. THEY OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. A NEW CAR SHOULD NOT DO THIS....TWICE! IT HAS BEEN FACTORY DEFECTS EACH TIME. *AK

RECALL 97S75/96S50.TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. CAR WOULD DRIVE IN REVERSE. CAR IS INOPERABLE. DEALERS STATED ORIGINALLY NO PROBLEMS, SECONDLY, THE SENSOR FAILED. FINALLY, THE CABLE SNAPPED. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLS AND CUTS OFF CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE ACTS AS IF IN PARK, THOUGH IT SHIFTS TO ALL GEARS- CAR DOESN'T MOVE. CAR LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING IN MIDDLE OF A TURN. OUT OF WARRANTY BY 3 WEEKS, BUT IN ON MILEAGE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER UNWILLING TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY.

THE CAR WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY MY FATHER, RAY ZUMWALT, IN NOVEMBER 1997 AND I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM HIM JUNE 19TH ,1999. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS MAY 1999 WITH APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON THE CAR, TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP IN DALLAS, TEXAS. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED 10,000 MILES LATER , ON 10/15/99 AND WAS REPLACED BY PRITCHETT FORD IN ALBANY, GA. THE CAR WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEARLERSHIP.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING COLD, OCCASIONALLY SLIPS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS OR ACCELERATING RAPIDLY. DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM, BUT SLIPPING CONTINUES. *AK

NO SUMMARY

"SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, HAD A MECHANIC RUN COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS, CODES P0734 & P0761 READ ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. MECHANIC TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID IT DID NOT HAVE 4TH GEAR AND RECOMMENDED IT BE REBUILT. I HAD CONTACTED 2 FORD DEALERS BEFORE I KNEW THAT IT WAS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THAT NOTHING WOULD BE COVERED BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 1,000 MILES. I THINK THAT THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I CONTACTED JASPORS THE MANUFACTURER OF TRANSMISSIONS AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT A CLIP OR SELONOID IS BREAKING AND THEY HAVE DONE 6 UPDATES TO THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION. A TRANSMISSION EXPERT SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE COMPELETLY REBUILT. I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR UNTIL SOMETHING TRIGGERED THE ENGINE LIGHT. ONE DEALER OFFERED...

REQUESTED DEALERSHIP TO CHECK TRANSMISSION AT TIME OF PURCHASE, FELT THAT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG.

TRANSMISSION FAILED & NOW WHEN CAR IS IN PARK AND NEUTRAL YOU CAN DRIVE IT, WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE,O DRIVE & DRIVE IT WILL NOT MOVE, AND CANNOT TAKE OUT OF GEAR, THE BAD PART IS THE CAR ONLY HAS 38185 MILES.

TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS GOING BACK AND FORWARD TOWARDS THE HOT SECTION, AND THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING VERY HARD WHEN DRIVIING AT ANY SPEED. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS UPON ACCELERATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. NLM

ALL OF A SUDDEN, CAR STARTED JERKING SPEED DROPPED AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE.

TRANS FAILED TO ENGAGE AT STOP-THEN SLAMMED INTO GEAR. VEHICLE THEN STOPPED WHEN GOING 40-SLAMMED INTO GEAR AGAIN.

AUTOMTIC TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, AND IT IS DIFFICUILT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. WHENEVER VEHICLE COME TO A STOP IT IS DELAYED BEFORE GETTING INTO GEAR. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS. DEALER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *AK

JUST STARTED TO PROCEED THROUGH INTERSECTION WHEN CAR SHIFTED FROM LOW GEAR AND ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. DEALER I TOOK IT TO SEEMS TO BE AWARE OF PISTONS BEING MADE OUT OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL THAT LIKES TO CRACK.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YC

INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, FAILING TO GO INTO GEAR DURING TAKE OFF. WHEN THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR THE TRANSMISSION STOPS PULLING THE VEHICLE. FIVE REPAIR ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUES.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 15 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILED, MAKING A VERY LOUD NOISE, CAUSING THE SERVO COVER TO BLOW OFF. CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND DID'NT GET ANY HELP. *AK

I HAVE HAD THE FORWARD CLUTCH PACK FAIL ON A 14- MONTH OLD NEW AUTO.MOBILE.THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED BY RECOMMENDATION OF THE FORD DEALER. THIS REPAIR WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. REPAIR COST ESTIMATE IS PARTS $1100, LABOR $500. I FIND THIS PREMATURE FAILURE UNACCEPTABLE FOR A 14-MONTH OLD CAR THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND VERY WELL TAKEN CAR OFF. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN EXTERNAL CAUSE FOUND TO JUSTIFY THE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT ANY OTHER COMPANY REPRESENTITVE OTHER THAT THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER, WITHOUT A SATISFACTORY RESPONSE. *AK

FAILS TO SHIFT INTO 2ND OR SOMETIMES 3RD GEAR. ENGINE RACES IN NUETRAL AND CAR DECELERATES. THEN VERY HARSH SHIFT INTO GEAR WITH TIRE NOISE AND BANG IN TRANSMISSION

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE A ROARING NOISE WHICH AFFECTS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE, AND CANNOT GET INTO GEARS. BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS OF GOOD QUALITY.WHEN A SITUATION AROUSED I WAS TOTALLY GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER BY THIS DEALERSHIP.NOW I AM STUCK WITH PARTIALLY OPERABLE VEHICLE. I AM A U. S. SOLDIER AND I JUST FEEL LET DOWN BY THE QUALITY OF FORD AND THE HANDLING OF THIS SITUATION BY BRIGGS. NO DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING REGULAR ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH SLOWED DOWN TO 20 MPH, FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, VERY HIGH NOISE, THERE WAS NOTHING. VEHICLE DID NOT ENGAGE. TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ASSUMES A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

I WAS DOING 70 MILES/HOUR IN THIRD LANE OF INTERSTATE 85 WHEN CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AND CAR SLOWED BUT DID NOT DIE. I PULLED ONTO SHOULDER AND PUT CAR INTO PARK AND THEN TRIED TO GO AGAIN. CAR WOULD GO UP TO 4000 RPM'S BUT ONLY DO 30 MILES/HOUR. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEND WITHOUT DEALER BEING ABLE TO DUPLICATE. ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN DURING HOTTEST WEATHER AND WHEN DRIVING 150 MILES OF MORE AT A TIME. SEEMS TO BE RECURRING PROBLEMS IN TAURUS TRANSMISSIONS AND FORD WILL NOT ADMIT TO A PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP BUT NOT GETTING ANY COOPERATION FROM MANUFACTURER.

THE TRANSMISSION QUIT MOVING THE CAR WHEN BOTH FRONT WHEELS BEGAN TO SLIP CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL AT AN INTERSECTION.