2008 Ford Taurus X

WHILE AT A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT WITHMY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN THROWN INTO TRAFFIC DUE TO THE INDEPENDENT ACCELERATED. AFTER THIS HAPPENING SEVRAL TIMES AND PHONE CALLS TO THE DEALER AND THEN TAKING THE CAR INTO THE DEALER.THE FORD DEALER STATED THEY HAVE SEEN THIS ALOT AND THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE THRODDEL BODY. HOWEVER, I HAD TO STILL PAY $700.00 TO HAVE THEIR KNOWN PROBLEM FIXED. CAR MILEAGE 113,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS X. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE ACCELERATION FAILED. WHEN THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED AND RECONNECTED, THE FAILURE WENT AWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,000.

PROBLEM 1, PAINT PEELING OFF HOOD AND ROUGH METAL UNDER PROBLEM 2, TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING WHILE UNDER WARRENTY, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT GET ANY CODES TO SHOW PROBLEM THIS, HAS CONTINUED TO PRESENT. WAS NOTIFED THIS WEEK BY DEALER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED, BUT BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TURN OFF THE CAR THE CODES RESET. FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE DEALER DO NOT WANT TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIRS OF OVER $4500.00. BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 75,000 MILES AND PROBLEM FIRST DOCUMENTED ON THERE FORMS WAS AT 60,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WOULD DOWN SHIFT AND JERK. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME AND EACH TIME TOOK TO DEALER THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE BUT AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT WOULD.

ONGOING TRANSMISSION UPSHIFT PROBLEMS. UPON LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY FIRST THING, OR SOON AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION AT TIMES REFUSES TO UP SHIFT THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR AT HIGH RPM. DEALER/OTHER MECHANICS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE ALTHOUGH THERE ARE 2 TSB ON THESE 6F50 TRANSMISSIONS. WORSE IN COLDER MONTHS AND SOMEWHAT RANDOM. BESIDES THE CUMULATIVE DAMAGE THIS IS DOING WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY FAIL ENTIRELY AT THE EXACT WRONG TIME (WAITING TO TURN LEFT IN AN INTERSECTION, WAITING TO ENTER HIGHWAY ETC) RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY. RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS TRANSMISSION TYPE ( SEE HTTP://WWW.FORDTAURUS.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=30&T=15703&START=80 ) AND ESPECIALLY THE 2008 TAURUS X MODEL YEAR. THE 2008 FORD TAURUS X WAS A DESIGN REFRESH OF THE FORD FREESTYLE, WHICH WAS LATER DROPPED BY FORD IN 2009. SINCE THERE ARE FEWER MODELS ON THE ROAD THERE ARE FEWER DATAPOINTS--BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEMS AMONGST THE OWNERS (AGAIN PLEASE SEE THE LINK). A COMMON THREAD ONLINE IS THAT ANY REPAIRS AT THE DEALER ARE NOT EFFECTIVE (PCM REFLASH TSB 08-26-13; TSS, OSS SENSOR REPLACEMENT TSB 07-21-11 ) AND THE ONLY FIX IS A $6000 TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT UPON TOTAL MECHANICAL FAILURE. CLEARLY, THERE IS A ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN A CRITICAL COMPONENT--THE POWER TRAIN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THERE IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 4-5 TIMES IN THE PAST 14 MONTHS. WHEN PULLING ONTO A ROAD FROM A STATIONARY POSITION (LIKE FROM A DRIVEWAY OR GAS STATION), THE TRANSMISSION HAD A HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AROUND FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT WORK. IT FELT AS IF THERE WERE ROCKS IN THE TRANSMISSION. THEN, AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS, IT WOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL. I TRIED TAKING IT TO THE PEGUES HURST DEALERSHIP BUT SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THEY SAY THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE TAURUS X HAS ABOUT 64,000 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. IT MOST RECENTLY HAPPENED ON ABOUT DECEMBER 7TH 2015. IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, IT COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SINCE THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.

FOR THE PAST 2-3 YEAR, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT, VEHICLE LOOSES POWER STEERING. TOOK THE CAR INTO FORD DEALERSHIP, WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, AND WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD BY SERVICE TECH, MECHANIC DID NOT NOTICE A PROBLEM. VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN BACKING UP AND STRUGGLES TO SHIFT GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING ON HIGHWAY. ABS BRAKE SYSTEM KICKS IN FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHEN DRIVING. GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL ON DRIVERS SIDE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NO POWER STEERING, NEED BALL BEARING REPLACEMENT AND NEED NEW/ REBUILT TRANSMISSION. COMPLETELY DISGUSTED AS THE CAR IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. WHY CANT SIMILARLY SITUATED OWNERS OF THE FORD TAURUS-X SEEM TO GET THE NHTSA TO TAKE ANY REAL ACTION ON OUR BEHALF? I'M CONFUSED. PLEASE HELP!!!

WE BOUGHT OUR TAURUS X USED IN 2013. DROVE AROUND FINE FOR A MONTH OR TWO, WOULD NOTICE THAT OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD BUCK AS IT SHIFTED FROM 2-3 OR 3-4; THEN WOULD DRIVE 'FUNNY' UNTIL THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND THEN STARTED BACK UP; THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD FLUCTUATE AND WHEN ACCELERATING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DROP EVEN AS WE WERE INCREASING SPEED. IF USING CRUISE CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD GO EXCEEDINGLY FAST AS A RESULT. THIS HAPPENED OFF AND ON FOR MOST OF A YEAR, WE WOULD JUST SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND WOULD BE GOOD TO GO. COULD NOT RECREATE IT, BUT WOULD HAPPEN AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. LAST FALL, THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY COOKED AS A RESULT. NOW THE CAR WILL ONLY DRIVE IN REVERSE AND 1ST, WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO 2ND, IT LOSES POWER LIKE THE GEAR WON'T FULLY ENGAGE. ALMOST GOT SMACKED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THIS FIRST OCCURRED, SINCE I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND LOST POWER. MECHANIC DRAINED AND FLUSHED THE TRANNY, HE SAID THE FLUID WAS COOKED. HE TRIED AN ADDITIVE, BUT IT WAS INEFFECTIVE. NEEDS A NEW TRANNY. BEEN SITTING SINCE THEN, A REPLACEMENT TRANNY WITH LABOR IS AT LEAST 5K, AND THE CAR IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT THAT IN PERFECT CONDITION. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING INCORRECTLY ON A BUSY HWY ...FROM SECOND TO THIRD. AND SLAMMED INTO GEAR EVENTUALLY, EXTREMELY HARD CAUSING ME TO JERK THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT. DOING THE SAME THING TOOK IT BACK AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE IT WILL NOT THROW A CODE. I GOT ONLINE AND FOUND SEVERAL BLOGS ABOUT HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND NOT THROWING A CODE. IT DOES ALL OF THIS TOTALLY RANDOM. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP THE FACT OF BEING ON A MAJOR HWY OR INTERSTATE AND THIS BEING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THEM OR THEIR FAMILY. SOMEONE WILL GET HURT, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT DEALERS WON'T FIX. SAME TRANSMISSION IS USED IN SEVERAL CHRYSLERS AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THE DEALERS , WARRANTY COMPANY, AND FORD KEEP PLAYING THE BLAME GAME AND PASSING THE BUCK. THIS CAN BE AS BIG AS THE TOYATO'S THAT KEPT ACCELERATING AND KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 FORD TAURUS X , IT JERKS INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THERE IS NEVER A SPECIFIC SPEED - IT JERKS AT TAKE OFF, AT LOW SPEEDS, HIGH SPEEDS, THERE WERE 2 INCIDENTS AND IT WAS JUST FOR A MOMENT THAT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE LOST POWER NO BRAKE, NO GAS, NO STEERING AND I ALMOST WENT OUT INTO TRAFFIC ( I WAS COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT). I CALLED THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES AND TOOK IT IN THEY CHECKED THE BRAKES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE SECOND "LOSS" OF POWER WAS AGAIN IN A PARKING LOT AT AN INCLINE I STARTED ROLLING BACK AND A COUPLE OF JERKS THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NEVER COME ONE, AS THE JERKING KEPT HAPPENING AND THE 2 INCIDENTS OF LOSS OF POWER, I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WILL CHARGE ME $100 BUT IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS HAS NOT ON, THEY WILL NOT FIND ANYTHING BECAUSE THE COMPUTER RECORDS MISHAPS AND WILL INDICATE A RECORD BY LIGHTING UP. THEN MY TRANSMISSION CLUTCH FELL APART AND HAD TO HAVE THAT REPLACED ON 9/22/14. I THOUGHT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ISSUE WITH THE JERKING BUT WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN YESTERDAY 10/12/14 AND ACCELERATED TO PASS AN 18 WHEELER AND MY VEHICLE JERKED REALLY HARD AND CONTINUE A COUPLE MORE TIMES AFTER THAT. I HAD TO DRIVE 65MPH ON A 75 MPH, AND NOT ACCELERATE TO MUCH TO FAST. *TR