While traveling on the highway the transmission stalled and made a loud grinding noise.
2001 Ford Taurus transmission complaints
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The federal safety agency# 15190 01-f-071-000 automatic transmission loose third gear operation. Consumer states having problem with the automatic transmission which broke on august 8, 2002. Dealer charged over two thousands dollars, four months later vehicle has the same problem with the transmission. Please provide further information.
The brake and gas pedal are to close together when apply please provide additional information dealer is aware of the problem. Ts
The consumer states that the engine had a lack of breaking, a malfunction in the transmission shifting, the left front window had locked, the switch caused the starter to become inop/remain in power, and the ignition switch locked in the start position. The dealer refused to remedy the problem.
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Consumer states transmission jerks in and out of gear while driving. Mr
When key is turned to start engine ignition switch will not return to the number 4 position. Vehicle checked by dealer, who advised consumer that it is suppose to work that way.*ak consumer stated the starter blew up, the brakes were inoperative, the transmission does not shift properly, the windows were inoperative.
While merging onto highway transmission lurches forward and does not allow gears to shift properly. Consumer stated was not able to accelerate, and was almost was hit from the rear.
Transmission would not change gears properly, causing vehicle to jerk. Once vehicle shifts into proper gear, there is a clunking noise present. Driver checked under vehicle, and oil was leaking. Dealer said trans axle was not lubricating wheel and driveshaft caused the noise.
Consumer states while driving the steering was off. When they check under the vehicle their was alot of oil and grease.the oil from the boot right front drive axle had leaked out. Nlm
Consumer states that vehicle had shut off causing a car crash. Nlm consumer adds there was a loud noise when put in reverse and drive at times and goes into gear very hard, then the transmission went out in the vehicle while driving, dealer replaced transmission and worn planetary gears. Eleven days after vehicle was repaired, the engine cut off causing an accident. Consumer loss all power with steering and brakes. Consumer states there is a sqeaking noise in right front and drivers seat when driving. No problem found.
While driving the vehicle, I had difficulty shifting from park into drive. Initially, the vehicle would shift, however it was difficult, ultimately, the vehicle would not shift out of overdrive. Therefore, I could not shift into neutral to take the keys out of the ignition. I later learned that the shift cable snapped. On a one year old vehicle w/13k miles this is unacceptable. A similar problem occurred a month prior, where the vehicle would not shift from o/d into d or 1. The dealerships solution was to forcefully raise and lower the shifter through all of the gears. Shifter is column mounted. Thank you for your time.
Pavement was a little bit wet, but the vehicle lost traction control totally and ran along the curb before can be stopped while making a right turn. The vehicle is equipped with traction control and ABS but did not seem to work well. On other (3~4) occasions in making turns, the tires appeared to spin too freely for seconds before traction regained.
When parked on inclines & shifting from park to reverse or drive transmission jerks & clanks very bad!deallership said that is normal for the ford taurus I find this hard to beleive.
Vehicle experiences hesitation and is sluggish on take off, there is a buzzing noise in the engine when putting in park position, dealer tightened bolts and motor mount to alleviate grinding noise in engine.
Problem #1: when the car is started and the transmission is put in reverse, the car "jumps" back approximately 1 foot, even though your foot is pressed firmly on the brake pedal. This was reported numerous times to the dealership who has been unable to locate the cause of the problem. The dealership replaced the transmission "in the hopes" that this would correct the problem but it did not. When I informed the dealership of this, they claimed that the "jumping back" problem was normal vehicle operation. This does not make any sense since they admitted it was a problem previously and tried to correct it by replacing the transmission. Problem #2: the driver-side seat belt tightens by itself around the lap while driving. This is resulting in a restriction of normal movement inside the car. The seatbelt has, on several occassions "locked-up" while the car was in motion, preventing me from turning to look over my shoulder for on-coming traffic to make a lane change on the highway. The dealership tried to fix this by replacing the seatbelt. When I informed them that the tightening problem still existed, they said that the seatbelt tension was normal. This again does not match what they had previously said and acted on by replacing the seatbelt in an attempt to correct the problem. Both of these problems pose, in my opinion, a significant safety hazard that the dealership is currently claiming are both beyond their capability to rectify.
The dealer ship will not help me and blames me for the problems with the car and ford agrees with them I am getting no help and the car drive horrible for being a 2001. I have had nothing but problems since I purchased this vehicle and I beleive I have been mislead in purchasing this vehicle. No safety defect listed in summary.
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