The consumer stated that the original transmission failed at 50,000 miles and was replaced. A second transmission was replaced and it has currently failed. The consumer was given a 3 year/36000 miles warranty, whichever came first. Also, transmission was leaking fluid. He took vehicle to the mechanic/dealer, and was told that he had bad hub seals that needed to be replaced replacing at the tune of $1200.00. The transmission had been leaking for 2 weeks.
1999 Ford Taurus transmission complaints
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The automatic transmission was replaced at 50,000 miles. The replacement transmission leaked fluid from the hub seal.
While driving at 35mph car would not automatically shift into the next gear. The more accelaration was attempted, the harder the engine pushed and the higher the rpms went without changing gear. Took to dealership who have yet to look at problem.
Transmisson is causing vehicle to stay in neutral like gear while accelorating, high RPM's reached without changing gears or picking up speed. Speedometor goes out while driving from time to time usually during transmission failure. Took to specialist who quoted $2,300 to fix now more if completely goes out. Specialist stated it was the third 1999 ford taurus seen this year alone.
Automatic transmission was replaced by the dealer and still same problem recurring, leaking.
Vehicle is experiencing electrical problems. Also, transmission does not shift properly.
Transmission failed at 65000 miles. Dealer notified. Please provide additional information.
The shifter transmission cable broke, which resulted in the transmission being stuck in gear while driving. The consumer loss control of the vehicle. The dealer advised the replacement part had been modified from the original, and gave no further details. *jb scc
The transmission failed, without warning.
At 66,666 miles transmission failed while driving. I went to make a right hand turn and applied gas and it just revved like it was in neutral. Now any gear you put it in it just revvs. Ford has been aware of this problem for awhile.
The transmission failed at a low mileage.
Consumer states while driving her auto it begun to make a lot of noise. She took it to the dealership to have it checked out, and was told that it was her transmission that was making the noise. Consumer states she only has 25000 miles on her auto and the transmission should not be gone out. Ph
Backing out of driveway when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Had the same problem several times before. Had taken to dealership each time for accelerating and nothing was found wrong with transmission. Ts
Consumer states has had speed sensor replaced 3x in the last 3 years. The speed sensor controls the speedometer and consumer is not able to determine vehicle's actual speed while driving. Ts
Transmission is not working properly. Vehicle has trouble switching gears, especially when switching into fourth gear. Contacted dealer. Please provide further information.
While driving 35 MPH consumer applied accelerator, speed did not increase. Consumer coasted to side of road. Then, had vehicle towed to dealer. Transmission had to be replaced.
While in park, vehicle will not go into reverse or forward. Dealer notified. Steering column was discovered to be broken broken.*ak consumer stateed that the transmission cable broke, while in park.
Ongoing problem with lower servo unit keeps failing, unit has been replaced on five separate occasions in manual transmission. Failed unit caused severe vibration and slippages while driving. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information concerning this matter.
While traveling noticed vehicle idling high and down shifting. Dealer has been contacted, and indicated that transmission needed to be replaced. Please provide further information.
Consumer states even when pressing on brakes, the vehicle will try to move forward or jerk. Contacted dealer. *ak consumer states vehicle leaks oil in the hood area on the right side, also smokes and there is a noise on the right side when consumers foot is on the brake.
Vehicle suddenly and intermittently accelerates, vehicle has been into dealership on several occasions, but has been unable to duplicate the problem.*ak. Consumer stated the vehicle downshifts hard at times into low gear and jerks when put into reverse.
We notified the dealer about 1 month after purchasing the car that we thought there was a transmission problem. Told us nothing was wrong. Transmission failed at 46,000. Still wasn't "right" after rebuilt transmission. After our insistance, additional testing was done, speed sensor was replaced. Car was speeding up on its' own. Our claim is that the speed sensor was defective from the beginning causing the transmission to fail.
There is a problem with transmission. Transmission will not go into gear or at times will not move while it is in gear.
Suddenly unable to shift into any gear. Had to open hood to manually shift transmission to move car. No prior aggressive shifting, no warning symptoms of impending failure.
Transmission began shifting into 2nd at a very low spped, would actually snap your neck upon changing took into shop, they states 2nd gear of transmission has gone out 2500.00 in repair to replace transmission, all previous maintenance had been done by dealer.
The vehicle had smelly exhaust.
I complained about this car the day I bought it. I told them it was a lemon and I wanted my money back. The dealer refused. From the day I bought the car (one year ago) it is has been in the shop for a total of over 8 weeks. It has had replacement transmission, catalytic converters, gaskets, pumps, hoses, filters and it still does not run. It doesn't start properly, if it starts at all. It stalls in reverse and initital shift into drive does not run smooth. The wiper fluid does not come out. The car rattles and sounds awful . The car is under manufacturer warranty and they won't fix it. The car is a lemon there is something fundamentally wrong with it and it can't be fixed. Ford knows this and they won't take it back.
73,000 plus miles on a 1999 ford taurus and the transmission stops working completely.
While consumer was traveling at 5 MPH and going over a speed bump vehicle would not accelerate, vehicle would only rev, but not move. Contacted dealer, and the dealer stated that transmission was defective.
Vehicle was off and in the park position and collided into a vehicle and pole, consumer states 1996 and 1997 ford taurus vehicles were recalled because of this problem, 96v166.
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