The taurus was parked at dz middle school on a slightly sloped part of the driveway with the transmission selector lever indicating park and the engine turned off. The linkage connection on the transmission had failed and allowed the selector lever to indicate that the transmission was in park when the transmission was actually in neutral. The driver then went into the school building and upon returning a few minutes later found that the car had rolled approx 150 yards down the driveway, across a street, through a bus turn-around, down a 15 foot embankment, and into a ditch. Fortunately there were no occupants in the car and it was at night so there were no kids along the driveway or on the street.
1997 Ford Taurus transmission complaints
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Bought the car used with about 20,000 miles on it. Had several sensors replaced fairly soon after that. Around 30k, reported several problems I was having while at a stop/starting from a stop. Dealer could never replicate. Eventually discovered that these problems were only ocurring when the car was warm...which it never was when the dealer tested it after it sitting on their lot for several hours. Problems started getting worse. Would slip into neutral at stops. Could shift car into neutral, gun it enough to get the RPM's over 2000, and then put into drive and it would catch. After the weather turned warm again, and it started doing it more, then the dealer could find what the problem was. Said I needed a rebuild or replacement. Drove it until my husband nagged me enough, and it was doing it constantly. Total cost now, through a transmission shop, not the dealership, is $1800. Still having some adjustments made. Still having more senor problems. The electric door locks started going up and down on their own a time or two.
Gear shift will go into drive. However, car does not engage. Please provide any further information.
Consumer stated there is a reoccurring problem with the automatic transmission, which is causing vehicle to hesitate when driving up on an incline, dealer and manufacturer were notified.*ak consumer also stated this happens when driving on a leveled surface.
Vehicle would not go into overdrive. Servo cover could have been the problem. There was a recall, 97v097000, dealing with transmission servo cover. Also, engine light came on, and vehicle was not shifting. Had not contacted dealer. *ak consmer stated that even though there is a recall his claim was denied by manufacturer stating they needed a receipt for every 30,000 miles saying that the transmission was serviced, consumer had the transmission replaced, however the next day vehicle began experiencing same problems, after three attemps to fix problem it was determined that the clip for 3-4 shuttle valve breaks, however there was no recall for the clip.
Vehicle experiencing problems with engine.
While driving on the freeway the vehicle suddenly lost power due to the transmission seizing up.
I have had to put transmmission in my car. The second one went out while I was driving on highway 469 at 65 miles per hour. It felt like someone hit the emergency brake. My car went out of control and I was almost t-boned by another car. The dealership will not help me, which is schwart ford out of decature indiana. They said I was ove the warranty which was one year or 12,000 miles. I had the first transmission put in at 47,000 and the second one is going in at 81,000.00 I will not be having it done by ford. I am taking it else where. First of all schwarta ford charged me for a new transmission. During a conversation with them the owned mike morrison stated that is what happens when you put a rebuilt transmission in a car. I have a receipt that states it was for a new transmission.
While vehicle was at a light transmission locked up and would not let consumer get out of first gear. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.*ak
Transmision is going out.....torque convertor also failing.
Transmission would jerk when shifting into gear. Felt like being rearended. Finally transmission quit working. Towed to dealership, and informed by mechanic transmission needed to be replaced due to being non repairable.*ak
97 v 097 000/automatic transmission: transmission slipping intermittently. Dealer was notified and informed consumer that this vehicle was not covered under recall due to VIN. *ak
While traveling and without any indication automatic transmission had failed. Please provide further information.
Consumer has had 2 incidents with vehicle rolling backwards after being put in park. During first incident consumer had vehicle in park, vehicle turned off and got out. Consumer had to run back to vehicle because it was rolling backwards, and hit her son's vehicle before she could get to it. Second incident was on 11th of may, again consumer had vehicle in park; but, this time was still inside vehicle. Only way of stopping was to push down of brakes and pull up emergency brake. Police had towing company to come out and look. They stated everytime vehicle went in reverse or park it locked gears up. Transmission was all over the driveway, and they also found gear cable was cut. Consumer complained of this problem since purchase. Dealer urged consumer to put parking brake on for each normal stop. Consumer was trying to get ford to cooperate with problem.
Ford referred to their service bulletin number 98-3-7 when this problem occurred. After researching the forward clutch piston failure I found that this is a major complaint with the ford vehicles and the original component was made from aluminum. I would like to have this investigated and ford to recall this part.
Car continues with the neutral condition of transmission after repair transmission 7 times.
Transmission has been slipping between 2nd and 3rd gears for 3 months, now it jerks very hard and RPM's get very hi being stuck in first gear. Had to replace transmission.
The transmission failed to work and had to be rebuilt at the cost of 1926.00. The transmissions shop that did the work stated that there were numerous updates he had to do to this vehicle to correct problems that had come defective directly from the factory when the vehcile was new. I dont feel I should have to pay for repairs that were defective from the factory and have ford tell me , save your receipts.
Power steering intermittent failure; first began when placing shift lever into reverse gear, then later occurred also in forward drive gears. Suspect electrical/electronic problem since radio speakers also go silent and power windows do not operate when this occurs. Discovered that removal of 15amp fuse controlling backup lights/heater return power steering and radio control. All other fuses working properly. Dealer is not yet contacted.
Transmission failed without warning. There are no recalls, but there are many failed transmissions in this vehicle.
Engine is knocking as consumer accelerates with speed. *ak transmission have been replaced twice in 37ooo miles. Front wheel bearing failed at 15000 miles. Rotors failed at 24000 miles.
Shift cable broke. Manufacturer has been notified.
Consumer was traveling about 35mph on highway and heard a grinding noise. She was able to pull over to shoulders, and looked underneath vehicle. There was smoke coming from underneath, and she had to have vehicle towed. Transmission exploded.
When driving at slow speeds vehicle goes from drive to neutral. This happens 80 % of time. *ak
While driving at 65 MPH. With many other cars around me the transmission just stopped the auto acted as if I had shifted into neutral and would not work in drive or loe gears. If not for the driver behind me seeing I had a problem and helping by slowing other cars down I would not have been able to coast off the road saftly. There was no warning that this was going to happen,no slippage or other problems with the tranny. The garage told me that this happens often with the ford taurus and is quite commin. I can see where this could lead to many accidents and think it would be something you should look into. My total expence was over $2500.00 for repairs.
Transmission goes into a neutral position while gear is in drive. When this happens, vehicle has no power, then it drops out of neutral and engages. It acts as though vehicle is revving and slamming into gear. Ford mechanic said that problem ia a cracked forward clutch piston.
Transmission leaking causing the vehicle to not start once stopped or parked.
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Had just taken off from a stop when vehicle started to slow down. Checked for correct gear placement. Depressed gas pedal, and tachometer went over, but vehicle was not moving.vehicle could be reversed but not forwarded. Took to independent mechanic, and transmission was replaced with a used one.
Premature failure of transmission at only 54,300 miles due to worn down bearings.
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