1997 FORD TAURUS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems
171 NHTSA complaints on file
All Power Trainautomatic Transmission Complaints — Page 4
#700146
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AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REFUSES TO DOWNSHIFT. NO DRIVE OR REVERSE AFTER COMING TO STOP. HAPPENS MOST OFTEN AFTER DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. WAITING IN PARK FOR 30-60 SECONDS AND THEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE USUALLY ALLOWS CAR TO BE DRIVEN AWAY. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL AND FLUID TYPE ARE CORRECT. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER NEXT WEEK FOR REPAIRS.
#543010
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VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SENSORY FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT TO 45 MPH WHILE ON FREEWAY.
#829992
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ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 6,000 MILES. THE 2ND TRANSMISSION MAKES LOUD NOISES. SOUNDS LIKE GRINDING. WAS NOT CHANGING GEARS SMOOTHLY. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED KEEP DRIVING. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN NOVEMBER.
#700269
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THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS GOING OUT THE PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 35000 MILES I DID NOT TAKE THE CAR IN BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS TAURUS DID THE SAME THING AND I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTILL THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ALL THE WAY. I DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS A TORQ CONVERTER PROBLEM OR I WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN IT. BUT THE NEW TAURUS IS DOING THE SAME THING AND I HAVE HAD IT AT A COUPLE OF TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND THEY TELL ME THAT IT IS THE TORQ CONVERTER.
#524794
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TRANSMISSION FAILED.
#539885
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TRANSMISSION FAILED.
#780996
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TRANSMISSION/OIL PUMP DRIVE FAILED.
#828160
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WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
#827779
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WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CURRENTLY AT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK
#540619
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VEHICLE INITIALLY LOST POWER ON INCLINE AND REGAINED ON DECLINE, UNTIL TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AFTER 2-5 MPH. OCCURRED ON FOUR OCCASIONS, ON HIGHWAY TRIPS. DEALER INITIALLY REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER THEN REPLACED FUEL PUMP RELAY. AFTER FOURTH OCCASION, REPLACED FUEL PUMP. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH, DIFFICULTY GAINING SPEED ON INITIAL ACCELERATION. THEN SUDDENLY SURGES/HESISTATES AND MOVES ERRATICALLY INTO GEAR. VEHICLE HESITATES AND ACTS AS IF IT STALLS OUT.
#540547
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CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
#824113
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WHILE ACCELERATING TO 50 MPH VEHICLE LOCKED UP IN SECOND GEAR, CAUSING SHAKING OF VEHICLE AND STALLING. VEHICLE ALSO HAD PREVIOUS CLUNKING NOISE PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION LOCKING. ALSO DEALERS FOUND NO FAULT CODE. *AK
#535444
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TRANSMISSION FAILED.
#523850
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VEHICLE VIBRATES, JERKS, HESITATES AND MAKES NOISE WHILE ENGAGING GEARS.
#533011
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TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND IT KNOCKS HARD.
#530291
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TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
#819259
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TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO REVERSE ALL BY ITSELF. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN RELEASING THE PARK BRAKE THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF. *AK
#521799
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TRANSMISSION FAILED.
#517151
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TRANSMISSION FAILED.
#815707
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TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR, IT TAKES A MINUTE TO TAKE OFF, DEALER IS REPLACING TRANSMISSION. *AK *JB
#814658
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RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. CALLED DEALER & MADE APPT. TOOK VEHICLE IN AFTER BEING TOLD HAD PLENTY OF PARTS. RENTED A VEHICLE. DEALER CALLED BACK TO SAY THEY HAD NO PARTS FOR REPAIR. *AK
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