My daughter-in-law had previously submitted information on this problem. See odi id #766182. She has not been contacted by the federal safety agency. The ford dealer told her "that's what parking brakes are for." most 1996 taurus models were recalled for this. Could you check the VIN she supplied to see if it was recalled? If it was not recalled, perhaps it should have been. A "rolling park" is a definite safety issue. Dt
1996 Ford Taurus transmission complaints
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Consumer states that while driving at any speed and no warning the transmission will locked up and it will be hard for the consumer to control the vehicle and the consumer will be force to pull over. Dealer notified. Mr
Car rolled backward into garage door while parked with transmission in park position on level ground.
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Transmission failed without notice,it has low mileage.possible odometer fraud by dealership.how do find out if odometer mileage was higher before purchase date 07/01.thank you t.mcgary.
The transmission was rebuilt at 70,000 miles when the original automatic transmission seemed to be malfunctioning; second, at 112000 miles the 4th gear cluster malfunctioned causing the button for overdrive on the automatic gearshift selector to pop off, dealer recommended a new transmission (howard austin has submited this complaint on behalf of his housekeeper) .
My car has been at the ford place in monroeville,al and it is still not fixed as far as the transmission and the power steering.
I would like to know how many complaints have been received concerning the transmission of the ford taurus, 1995-1997 models?
Car is always overheated and transmisson sliping and jumping.
Startet with whirring sound when car reached average speed of 50 MPH or higher. Searched and checked all fluids. Then began to smoke under car. Took to garage. Transmission needed to be replaced. But mechanic had to replace again because the new one was also cracked in the exact same place. Was told by the mechanic that this was a major problem with the tauras. The mechanic had replaced several with the same problem. Have researched and find that other owners of the vehicle have had similar problems. If transmission has a defect it should be recalled at the manufacturers expense. Ford should be held responsible for this problem.
Please help me with this defective car. Nom safety defect mentioned.
While on the highway, the engine revved but there was no foward movement, vehicle suffered catastrophic transmission failure.
I love my car but it has been nothing but one thing after another going wrong with it and having to work on a vehicle and make payments is agervating and extremely difficult and the ford company will not admit problems or help.
This car has transmission electrical problems.
The pump shaft started to wear very badly causing pieces of metal to be thrown out the transmission, as a result the vehicle would jerk while being driven. Nlm
On 8/3/2001, while in heavy traffic on interstate 95 in maryland, my ford taurus suffered a castrophic transmission failure, which resulted in the car having no power, while the engine revved. I narrowly missed multiple accidents and was able to make my way to the shoulder. This failure wa sudden and extreme and could have resulted in my family's injury or death. I was towed to a transmission shop who had to perform a major rebuild of my transmission, including hard parts. The cost was in excess of $2600.
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Transmission is bad.
0transmission goes into neutral when coming to a stop. The transmission was 'repaired' by metro auto repair service, 4633a auburn blvd., sacramento, ca 95841, (916) 485-3240. This repair service stated in their work order: "transmission neutrals when coming to a stop. Remove for overhaul, found bad forward piston causing seal to bypass pressure. Also found forward clutch valve retainer broken, rebuild transmission replacing cluches, seals and gaskets also replace torque converter and refil fluid." the total charges for this service was for "$1098.25" (included "23.36 sales tax"). On august 10, 2001, my wife noted the transmission would slip into neutral gear when coming to a stop; making very unsafe to operate the vehicle. This is the same transmission problem that we had experienced 15 months ago. The federal safety agency service bulletin number 983112, describes the problem. I advised metro auto repair service of the federal safety agency service bulletin; they acknowledged they were aware of it also.
While driving about 15 MPH heard noise like a garbage disposal, then vehicle lost power. After stopping saw a lot of transmission pieces on ground. Took it to dealer for repairs. *ak the manufacturer agreed to replace the transmission at a cost of $1000 since it failed prematurely. However, the consumer found out that there were 3 recalls on transmission for the 1996 model and was seeking refund of the repair cost. Owner was not notified of the recall.
After coming off a green light, at about 15 MPH, transmission fluid began to leak and the RPM's revved with no further acceleration. After having vehicle towed to aamco, I was advised that the front seal had a major leak and failed along with the stador and transmission. I asked hayward ford for recall or technical service issues and was told that there weren't any. I also called the ford coroporate office and was told that there were no issues with the transmission. And I was told that there the ford engineers would be forwarded the message, but wouldn't be giving me a call nor the information I needed.
Transmission began to make a strange sounds (whirling). Problem originally thought to be a wheel bearing but ended up needing a transmission costing me $3100. Dealer (sloan ford in downingtown) was incompetent. I ended up replacing transmission again in may of the same year. Got no satisfaction from ford. Engine was replaced at 30000 miles and transmission at 54000miles. I just found out about a recall on 1996 transmissions (I was never informed of this recall) I am very curious if this could be the reason for the transmission's short life.
Rpms increased while consumer was going 60mph. It kept revving without giving any gas. Finally it quit running, and vehicle stalled. Consumer was able to drift in a parking lot. Dealer has replaced transmission twice with rebuild transmissions, and it still was not correct. Dealer only warrantied transmission for 12,000 miles or 12 months. Dealer said they didn't put in new transmissions, they just rebuild them.
While driving down a local surface street, the vehicle stopped moving the gear lever moved through the gears without catching, consumer was unable to put vehicle into park to keep it from moving, vehicle was towed in for diagnosis and found that transmission was beyond repair apparently because of its design according to the mechanic.
The automatic transmission suddenly and totally failed. There was no power available for the car to move. This happened in a low traffic area. If it had happend on a highway it could have disastrous.
Vehicle will not shift into overdrive.
Manual lever position sensor failed at ~50,000 miles. At ~75,000 miles, lost overdrive and was informed that the transmission needed to be fully rebuilt including valve body, gaskets, seals, plates, etc. Ford mechanic in melbourne florida (kelly ford) said they were all badly worn. Charged me $2270 for complete rebuild of transmission.
While driving, consumer heard a clanking noise and noticed smoke from rear of vehicle, consumer checked transmission fluid and found it empty, after inspection, it was found that a hole was blown in the transmission and the gears ripped apart, consumer is requesting reimbursement and states that this was a defective transmisison. *slc transmission suffered an internal mechanical breakdown, a failure of the drive gears that revolve at a high rate of speed inside the transmission housing, the result of this failure caused these parts to be propelled through the side of the transmission case. *slc
The cool system has been recalled and was supposed to have been repaired but it is I do not want turnpike ford to do repairs on my car I know there work and do not trust it that is where the car was purchased still giving us problems the coolant in it turn to a rust the heater will not get hot now the tempernture hand on guage stays down on the c all of the time we have tried to call ford motor company about this and the will not give us a answer on the problem we have been toll that other people have had the same problem and some say that ford has replaced the engine in some of the cars. Can you please help me I do not have the finicial means to buy another car.
Seal blowout and failure of transmission, required complete replacement. Aamco advised me the unit failed internally. I had a ford dealer replace the unit. Unit has been regularly serviced. I have been advised this is common for ford taurus (never had a failure of a transmission in 32 yrs of driving, so this one seems like a hazard to me.)
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