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CarComplaints.com Notes: Most people need a car that shifts gears & coil springs that don't shred tires. The Taurus fails in that respect.
The 2003 Ford Taurus has major issues with the transmission failing. Typically the 2003 Taurus transmission failure costs $2,000 to fix by about 90k-100k miles. Not good.
Adding insult to injury, the 1999-2003 Taurus also has a huge problem with coil springs breaking which can puncture or even shred tires while driving.
The US government spent THREE YEARS (2008-2011) investigating the 2002-2003 Taurus coil springs. Although Taurus/Sable from earlier years were recalled, ultimately the NHTSA did not force a recall. They determined that because there had been no deaths & very few bad crashes & injuries, the broken coil springs defect was no big deal & not a safety defect. Tell that to all the owners who had close calls...
9.1
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,240
- Average Mileage:
- 83,850 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 37 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace torque convertor (24 reports)
- not sure (7 reports)
- replace convertor (4 reports)
- replaced transmission (2 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This is definitely a problem that should not be happening to a car with low mileage, and in good shape. Ford needs to fix this if it is obvious known expensive issue. I will never own another Ford again, this is NOT the only problem that I have had.
- Brandon S., Canton, OH, US