2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DECELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AS IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DECELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND UNDER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 182,000.

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION QUIT IN MIDDLE OF MY WIFE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. NO WARNING LIGHT, NOISE, INDICATION OF AN ISSUE. AFTER SHE GOT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PARKED, SHE TRIED TO ENGAGE THE CAR IN "REVERSE" AND THERE WAS NOT A SOUND OF ENGAGEMENT AND THE SAME WHEN SHE TRIED TO ENGAGE THE CAR IN "DRIVE". THIS MORNING I LOOKED AT THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SHE SAID IS TRUE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILING IN THE MIDDLE OF HER MERGING ACROSS THE MAIN ROAD COULD HAVE CREATED A DEVASTATING ACCIDENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T ALLOW HER TO MERGE TO A SAFE LOCATION AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. WAS PULLING OUT INTO BUSY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE REVVED BUT STOPPED MOVING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS A ONE TIME EVENT. THERE WERE NO SIGNS, SYMPTOMS OR WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO FAILURE. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE TO REPAIR OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE REPAIR COSTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPMS SUDDENLY INCREASED AND THE TRANSMISSION SURGED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT REFERENCED A RELATED TSB (TSB 018746, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 68,100.

MY WIFE TURNED RIGHT FROM A TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD ONTO A FOUR LANE US HWY. THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL AS TRUCKS AND CARS FLEW PAST HER. SHE THANKFULLY GOT OFF THE ROAD AND WALKED BACK TO THE NEAREST STORE FOR HELP. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND INPUT SHAFT. THE ESTIMATE WAS $1800. THE CAR HAS OVER 80K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER HAD BEEN CHANGED AT 30K AND 60K MILES AS FACTORY RECOMMENDED. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE INTERSECTION WHERE NORTHBOUND US HWYS 441 & 301 SPLIT, THE SPEED WHERE TRAFFIC CHANGES LANES DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO READ SIGNS AND THEN A CAR STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC DEATH EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOME. *TR

THERE ARE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE!! MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED SUDDENLY, SHE WAS IN AN AREA WHERE HER CELL PHONE HAD NO SERVICE, SHE HAD TO ACCEPT HELP FROM A STRANGER THAT STOPPED TO HELP! HER AND HER 15 YEAR OLD SISTER WERE TERRIFIED!! AFTER FINALLY GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ME I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED IN WHICH THEY HAD TO RIDE WITH A TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHICH WAS JUST AS SCARY TO THEM!! SINCE THEN I HAVE DONE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND MY FINDINGS ARE ASTONISHING!!! THE 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM! TRANSMISSION FAILURE... I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS CAR AND SHE WAS DRIVING IT TO CHAPEL HILL BECAUSE IT WAS SAFER (IN MY EYES) THAT HER 1998 MERCURY MARQUIS, I AM VERY UPSET THAT NO ONE HAS TOLD US OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I REALLY EXPECT TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE IN REFERENCE TO FIXING THIS PROBLEM OR I WILL BE CONTACTING THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF ALL THE OTHER OWNERS AND PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY I'M LETTING FORD TOUCH MY CAR AGAIN... AND WILL BE GETTING THE RESULTS LATER NEXT WEEK, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE OUT OF A VEHICLE BECAUSE OF A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT COULD OF BEEN FIXED SOONER! THANK YOU AND KNOW I WILL BE HEARING FROM SOMEONE SOON! *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 M.P.H. PULLED OVER , PUT IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. CYCLED THROUGH GEARS, NO ENGAGEMENT. FREE WHEELS IN ANY GEAR BUT PARK. NO SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO THIS. WILL UPDATE WHEN IT IS REPLACED. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, HEARD A POP SOUND. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED INTO SEVERAL PIECES. SOME DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS, TIRE APPEARS TO BE UNDAMAGED. REPAIRS ARE PENDING. VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM THE WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AREA. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. NO WARNINGS OR SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION PRIOR TO. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED PULLING. NO SLIPPING NO PROBLEMS WHAT SO EVER THEN NOTHING. IT ONLY HAS 43K MILES AND I'M NEARLY 80 YRS OLD. I CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND $2000 ON A REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT NO COST BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS ODD TO ME THAT MOST RECALLS ARE FOR SOMETHING STUPID LIKE A TAILLIGHT MAY BE PRONE TO LEAKING BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS IT IS OVERLOOKED. IT IS JUST A GOOD THING THAT SHE WASN'T HIT BY SOMEONE SINCE SHE HAD PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND MADE IT TO HER LANE BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED PULLING NOT NOISE, POP OR ANYTHING!! WILL SOMEONE WITH A BACKBONE PLEASE STAND UP!!! *TR