2008 Ford Taurus

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS, STOPS RUNNING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL POWER ASSIST TO MANEUVER VEHICLE TO SAFETY. UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. PROBLEM DETERMINED TO BE FAILURE OF "COIL ON PLUG" IGNITION COILS, WHICH SHORTED OUT PCM/PROCESSOR ASSEMBLY (MAIN COMPUTER). ADDITIONALLY, THIS MIS-FIRING RESULTED IN PARTIAL LOW EFFIENCY IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY IMPAIR VEHICLE'S ABILITY TO MEET EMISSION STANDARDS. TOTAL REPAIR COSTS: IGNITION COILS (6), SPARK PLUGS (6), AND PCM REPLACEMENT - $2,314.14, CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACEMENT - $1,589.95, FOR A TOTAL OF $3,904.09 FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE AT LEAST 2010, AND HAS ISSUED TWO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK ABNORMALLY AND EVERY WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO START BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

UPDATE ON TRANSMISSION FLUID LOSS OF 10/27/11. TRANSMISSION OIL LOSS UNBEKNOWN TO ME UNTILL THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL IT'S NORMAL FUNCTION. THE CAUSE WAS A LEAK IN THE TRANS COOLER COMBO UNIT. THE FLUID ACCUMULATED AT THE BASE OF THE RADIATOR. WHILE IT WAS ON THE LIFT I REQUESTED A CHECK OF THE SURPINTINE BELT BECAUSE IT WAS SQUEELING. THEY MADE THE DICOVERY THAT THE BELT WAS COVERED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALL THIS TIME, WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANS. OIL WAS BEING SPRAYED OVER THE BELT CAUSING IT TO SLIP OVER THE PULLEYS OF THE POWER STEERING, AC UNIT PUMP AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BEING DRIVEN BY THIS BELT.THINGS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT VERY BADLY FOR ME AND MY PASSENGERS, BECAUSE OF AN OIL SOAKED SURPINTINE BELT, NOT TO MENTION THE FIRE HAZARD. MY COST WAS $750.00. HOW DO I GO ABOUT RECOVERING THAT COST. 78 YEARS OLD. LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH TRANS. FLUID LEAKAGE. AND YET I LOVE MY TAURUS. *TT

ON INSPECTION: FOUND LEAKINGTRANSMISSION FLUID FROMCOOLER COMBO ACCUMULATING AT BASE OF RADIATOR COVER. LOST CLOSAE TO THREE QUARTS OF FLUID BEFORE I GOT ANY WARNING OFTHE LOSS BY IRREGULAR SHIFTING. NO DASHBOARD INDICATOR THAT FLUID WAS LOW. A FIRE HAZARD.WAS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION?. THE DEALER COST FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT $700.00. SINCE WHEN DOES ONE HAVE TO REMOVE MOST OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR TO GET TO THE RADIATOR SECTION.? *TT

IT BEGAN WITH ONLY THE WRENCH LIGHT GOING ON AND THE RPM WOULD GO UP AND THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD. I WOULD RESET IT WITH A CODE CHECKER AND I WOULD NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM AND THE LIGHT WOULD EVENTUALLY RETURN. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE THE AIR FILTER, THE AIR FILTER WAS CHANGED AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS. NOW NOT ONLY MY WRENCH LIGHT BUT MY ENGINE LIGHT ALSO GOES ON AND IT RETURNS EVERY DAY AFTER RESETTING IT. AFTER I LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO APPEAR IN OTHER FORD MODELS. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND EVENTUALLY SOMEONE WILL GET HURT OR KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *KB

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY 2008 FORD TAURUS SEL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING SLOWLY AWAY FROM A STOP AND THEN SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED I WAS LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY. IT DROPPED OUT OF GEAR AT ABOUT 5 MPH AND MADE A GROWLING NOISE. I STOPPED THE CAR, THINKING SOMEHOW THE SHIFT LEVER WASN'T IN THE RIGHT POSITION, I PUT IT IN GEAR AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO FIRST. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, SO I JUST SHIFTED IT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I STARTED IT AGAIN EVERYTHING WORKED FINE. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER I HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT. I WAS LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND I HAD REACHED A SPEED OF 5-15 MPH WHEN THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY GEAR, THEN IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR FOR A MOMENT, WENT A FEW FEET, THEN DROPPED OUT AGAIN, THEN SLAMMED INTO GEAR AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE CURB IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. FORTUNATELY NO TRAFFIC WAS COMING. I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND HAD NO FURTHER TROUBLE, BUT THIS TIME I TOOK IT INTO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I HAD BOUGHT IT NEW. THEY CHECKED IT OUT KEEPING IT TWO DAYS BUT SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH EITHER THE TRANSMISSION OR THE SOFTWARE CONTROLLING IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO MEMORY ACCESS TO THE TRANSMISSION SO THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND OUT OR VERIFY THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I WAS CHECKING OUT RECALLS AND SERVICE BULLETINS ON IT TODAY AND I FOUND THAT OTHER OWNERS REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. IF I HAD BEEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND MY TRANSMISSION FAILED THE WAY IT DID, THERE COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING WHEN IT ACCELERATED AND SHIFTED INTO GEAR WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE BEGAN TO OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR AND ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE RECALIBRATED. THE FAILURE DID NOT PERSIST. THE CONTACT WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT A RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLICKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT CV AXLE ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE AXLE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER; THE CLICKING NOISE CONTINUED WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A LEFT TURN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY BE CAUSED BY THE POWER STEERING. THE DEALER LUBRICATED THE FRONT BRAKES AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND WAS DIAGNOSED A THIRD TIME BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,162 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,788.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,000.