Drove the car in the morning with no issues. Got in the car in the afternoon , put on the seatbelt , adjusted the radio , put the car in reverse and ..... nothing , nothing but a whirring noise and the whine of the engine , lovely ! Luckily I was in my driveway and not on the road somewhere. A day of reckoning is now upon me , a seven year old car w/ 83,000 miles on it. The plan was to drive this car another year or two and get a 2011 or 12 Mustang , the plan may just have changed.

So hey Ford , you worked your way up to the top of the car selling industry with your slogan of "Quality is Job # 1" , how about another slogan "Customer Service is Job # 2 ". There are 70 plus complaints about one issue on one make and model of vehicle , how many others who haven't taken the time to sign up and register their complaint are there ? How many more who may have called in their complaint and still more who have no idea about this website or do not even have computers are there. Step up and do something ! Offer something ! Half price on the repair cost , free rental vehicle while repair is being made , something !

Same as everyone elses car just stopped engine revved but car would not move told it was transmission. about a month before tranny went out the transmission fluid just poured out of the fill/check opening had someone look and could not find anything wrong so just drove it then about 2weeks later did the same thing then 2weeks after that it quite. I am the originally owner bought it brand new in 2003. Love my car drove nice now this. VERY FRUSTRATING especially when you depend on your car to get to work. I also depend on it to get me to the fire station so that i can help others. WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD!!!!!!!!!!

With all these complaints I have been reading you'd think Ford would get off there ass and recall the damn transmission. This is a serious safety issue. I remember when we had our problem We would be driving on the highway at speeds of 75 miles an hour and the car would just shut down, and then restart it self. There were a couple of times we got pretty damn close to dying. We took it to the dealer ship it didn't do it for them they didn't know what it was they were not helpful at all. So we were drying thank god not on a highway and the car just stopped wouldn't go into a gear nothing. We didn't even have that car for 2 years. We bought it used from a dealership who closed it doors 2 months after we purchased it. We bought the extended warranty which didn't do us a damn bit of good bc the store closed they had no "record" of any type of service we had done. WE GOT SCREWED. Fords are a joke and shouldn't be allowed to be made. I think its kind of funny they all of a sudden stopped making the Taurus. Then not to long along they came out with a new taurus. OH wait the older style was a piece of sh*t so they screwed as many people as they could. We finally paid off the credit card we had to use for the stupid transmission. We are still paying off the car. We tired selling it no one wants it . I can't blame them its a piece of sh*t. We got 2000 Pontiac grand Prix gt it's got 170,000 + miles on it never had a problem . Minor issues but nothing like a transmission . Very frustrating.

All I can say is that all of the other reports I have read regarding this problem sums it up completely. The symptoms were exactly the same other than I was on a dark two lane county road.

I was told by a transmission repair shop representative that this particular transmission was not only used on Fords but also Nissans and other manufacturers.

The estimate that I have received to fix the problem is to have the transmission replaced for $2500.00+. The KBB trade-in value before this problem was $2975.00. UGH! To say the least, I am not a happy Ford owner right now.

Same thing that everyone else has reported; the car just died, even though the engine was revving. Tried all the gears--nothing! Luckily, it happened 200 yards from my house and I had a neighbor push it to my driveway. Estimate to replace the transmission range from $1800 for a rebuilt one to $6,000 for the dealer to replace it. This came without warning and could have been a disaster if it had happened on the highway, like so many of the others reported.

This shouldn't happen to a car with this few miles on it! No wonder Ford is known by the acronym Found On Road Dead! And like everyone else, who has an extra $2,000 lying around to pay for a repair on a car that shouldn't need it yet! I don't think I would feel safe again driving this car, let alone my children, who mainly use it. What a piece of crap!

2003 FORD Taurus SE 3.0L V6 THIS ISSUE IS AS SERIOUS AS THE TOYOTA ISSUE AND AS DANGEROUS! Well, here's another case of the 2003 Ford Taurus transmission failure without warning. As my wife pulled out into a busy intersection the car wouldn't move forward or in reverse. The car has 87,247 miles on it and has never experienced any transmission problems, noises or issues. This just happened with no warning. She could have been hit broadside as cars had to swerve to miss her. When I mentioned to the tow truck driver that I read about 68 cases of the same problem, he stated he has probably towed that many himself with this problem. I called Ford @ 800-392-3673 and got case #1541491300 and was told there is no re-call on this problem. She advised me to call the dealership and "try to get" cost relief. When I called the service manager where I have bought many FORDS (Tom Holzer Ford - (Farmington Hills, Mi) he became very upset and yelled about them telling people to call the dealership just to get rid of the complaint. He also would not give me the name and number of the Ford zone representative. Today I rec'd a call from the repair shop stating that I have 2 options; 1. a re-manufactured transmission for $3500 with a 100K, 5 year warranty or, 2. having the transmission rebuilt in shop for $2700 and a 2 year, 24K mile warranty. I have filed a report with the US DOT NHTSA, ODI #10329753 since this is a"life threatening" situation that left unnotice could cost several lives if it hasn't already. I recommend a class action suite be filed against FORD to get this problem resolved. Please file your complaints with the US DOT NHTSA at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm.

Loss all gears (forward and reverse) while pulling out of an intersection. I work in the transmission industry supplying Ford with clutches on their auto transmission so I have contacts at the testing facility in Livonia. I told a teardowm mechanic of my problem and he knew of the problem right away and of the fix. It was on the torque convertor spline (gear) and input shaft gear interface. He informed me that he does this fix numerous times weekly and the problem stems from a bad heat treament on the torque convertor stamped steel part. So for 1k he pulled the transmission and replaced the torque convertor, input shaft and it runs fine now. So it would be nice to track the supplier down who supplied the badly heat treated splines and make them pay but I am sure that this will not happen. It is much easier to make us pay for their mistake.

Well now there are 2 Taurus's in the family that have had transmissions fail. My in-laws were luckily driving only about 25 miles per hour in town and the all the sudden the car stops & as you all know--goes NOWHERE!!! I on the other had was VERY BLESSED!!! My husband and I had driven to W.V. when the transmission light came on, but things seemed fine. We went ahead and got to our destination, got up next morning to head home. All was fine, light was off. We drove all over Columbus, Ohio for the next 3 days with NO issues!!! On Tues I went to work and home NO issues!!! (75 miles round trip) Got up on Wed to go to work turned car on, put into gear and the car jolted forward then died. It would start, but kept dying when put into gear!! It was able to go if put in the gear with a 1 on it, but I didn't' chance it!!! NOW it's gonna cost $1600 (at least) to fix!!! I love my Taurus but this is a severe concern, that Ford needs to deal with!!! I believe that from hearing you stories someone has probably gotten killed due to the cars that STOP in the middle of the highways and etc!! I plan on calling Ford to file the compliant, as suggested in an earlier complaint at this website. I hope all of you do to!!! Let's put Ford on the line!! We give them OUR tax money for a "bailout" but WHERE IS OUR BAILOUT!!!!! I'm sure the money we put out for these cars, isn't easy for US to come up with!!!! So lets bond together and FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!!

Okay so I purchased this crappy piece of a car 2yrs ago.@80,000miles. Within the first 6mths of purchasing it the starter went out. The next couple of months the TRANSMISSION went out.....myself and my children were almost rear-ended in the middle of a busy street. The car just stopped driving and came to a coast. Total cost to fix $1400--had a used tranny put in-- now another 10mths has passed and the TRANSMISSION has failed again WTH. It's costing me another $1100 to fix. I am a college student and have almost failed out of school because of this unreliable, piece of a so-called-car..I AM VERY UPSET AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR AND FORD FOR MAKING IT------but I can understand why Ford makes crappy cars----IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS. They make money on repairs.

Was driving along CA Interstate 5 at about 65 MPH when noticed car was losing speed. Depressed accelerator and the tachometer revved but car continued to decelerate. No dashboard warning lights came on nor was there any unusual auto noises. Was able to safely exit freeway to a side street and had car towed to a local Ford dealership. The dealership gave me an estimate of $172.00 in which to run a 27 point inspection. On 4/3/10 I received a call from service rep stating that they could not find anything and would have to remove the transmission for further evaluation at a cost of approximately $1500.00. I had my 60,000 mile maintenance check performed at the same dealership on 1/27/10 at which time car passed their evaluation. On 4/5/10 I called the Ford Customer Service at 800-392-3673 and spoke with a representative named Chris. He stated that since I bought the car used in 2007 and that FORD only has a 3 year 36,000 mile warranty that FORD has no liability for the failure. I asked him how many complaints their department receives regarding FORD transmission failures and what the approximate life expectancy is for a regularly maintained transmission to which Chris had NO ANSWER. Of course, I was not surprised. So I asked who would be liable if I was not able to safely exit the freeway when transmission failed and possibly cause an accident on I-5 to which again the FORD customer service representative had NO ANSWER. In light of the recent TOYOTA acceleration problems I find it amazing that another car dealership has no regard for their product! I purchased this car from a fleet dealer with 23,584 miles on it and after I put an additional 25,000 miles on it the car no longer does what it was purchased to do. Go from point A to point B!!! FORD should change its slogan to "Quality is job NONE!" I have filed a complaint with the NHTSA (complaint # 10323711) at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/index.cfm. Would like to file a class action suit if can find other interested parties as this is a SAFETY issue!

Could not believe it was driving and as I was driving on a winding road all of a sudden the car just had no forward movement. No drive, no reverse and I did not hear any noise, I put my foot on the brake and put the car in park. Pressed down the gas petal and could hear the motor running fine. Wow - what I pain. Had to pay for towing and now garage is telling me that it is the transmission. Catastrophic failure they called it. What the heck is that??? Cannot believe it . Found this site and now realize that I am the victim like everyone else listed here. Ford - Shame on you.