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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
48,075 miles

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2016 Ford Taurus drivetrain problems

drivetrain problem

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2016 Ford Taurus Owner Comments

problem #3

Feb 132021

Taurus

  • 56,965 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Water pump failure at 56.965 miles and gear oil leak

- Riyadh, GA, USA

problem #2

Nov 252019

Taurus

  • 69,000 miles
I don't even know where to begin. Every problem you could imagine with this car only ay 69K miles after Ford pathetic powertrian warranty expires. I bought this car at 66K miles spent 20 grand after tax and only made one payment besides the down payment. First off the ptu failed on this vehicle failed after 2K miles witch is a really common problem on this vehicle witch was a $900 part though Ford. Had this replaced and not only 7 days later and barely 1K miles the transmission failed causing the motor to overheat damaging the motor.. now I have a $400+ payment on a vehicle that needs over $9000 in repairs between the motor and transmission and the dealer wont fix it because I didnt buy and extended warranty and its out of the factory 60K warranty. Note this is a 2016 (performance sedan) (sho) and this has been the most unreliable car I have ever bought. I would like to note I always buy Ford and have had issues here and there but nothing like this between break downs I didn't even get to drive the car 30 days and now own 6 years worth of payments... thks car has literally broke me and Ford won't do anything to make it right there was clearly some sort of manufacture defect with this car and it should be recalled I would never recommend buy this car without a serious warranty because I know some people that have had better luck with this car in earlier models with the same drivetrain but mine can't be the only 16 sho that have had these problems and im sure other people have been left in hardship on now not having a car and have 20K in auto loan debt. All this happened under normal driving conditions. This car was built to be able to use on the track and completely failed under normal driving conditions. Very very disappointed and hope Ford will recall this major issue in there "performance vehicles"

- Albion, ME, USA

problem #1

May 202017

Taurus

  • 18,260 miles
I took my car into the service department due to a strong smell of propane/natural gas. The service writer informed me that the smell was really bad but that it should be safe to drive and that she couldn't get me in until Tuesday. I buckled my 2 year old in the car seat and left the dealership/service department. The service write stated that there was a tsb out on the car and it could be a possible leak in the ptu. But should be that big of deal. We started to travel home the car stalled, on a highway traveling at about 60 miles per hour, and there was a loud pop, I was on the phone with my sister who was traveling behind us who told me that my car was on fire and to pull over. I stopped the car, when I was stopped the interior of the car filled with smoke I rushed to get my child out of the car and moved away from the car. I didn't see any flames just a lot of smoke. I feel we were lucky because my sister was able to inform me immediately that there was smoke. I feel that if I would have driven the car much further the outcome could have been much different.

- Elmo, UT, USA

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