2008 Ford Taurus X

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

I WAS DRIVING ON A HILLY COUNTRY ROAD AT THE RATE OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. AS I WAS COMING DOWN AN INCLINE, I LOST CONTROL OF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THE TAIL END WAS SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON ICE. AS I DECELERATED AND TRIED TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED COMPLETELY TO THE RIGHT WHILE THE TAIL END OF THE CAR CONTINUED TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR, I COULD SEE THE PART THAT WAS HOLDING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE TO THE FRAME HANGING ON THE GROUND. *TR

THE STEERING EFFORT BECAME VERY GREAT IN MAKING TURNING RIGHT FROM A STANDSTILL. IT REQUIRES INTENSE EFFORT WHEN MOVING FROM A PARKED AREA. STEERING IS EFFECTED TO A DEGREE WHEN AT TRAVEL SPEED BUT LESS SO IN STRAIGHT OPERATION. ALL RIGHT TURNING IS EFFECTED AND REQUIRES TREMENDOUS EFFORT. THE SAME EFFECT IN EITHER FORWARD OR REVERSE MOTION. *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

I WAS TAKING MY SON TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR A STROKE HE HAD. THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. I HAD TO FIND A PLACE PULL OVER AND COAST TO A STOP. AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES, I STARTED THE CAR AND WE WENT ON WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HOWEVER, OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, IT HAS SHUT OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES. NO ONE COULD FIND THE ANSWER UNTIL RECENTLY. WE REPLACED A CENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION AND HOPE THAT FIXES IT. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED ON THE OCCASIONS THAT THE CAR SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC. WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT FORD KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OUR TRANSMISSION DATE IS SEPTEMBER 2007, WHICH IS IN THE TIME FRAME FORD SAYS THEY KNEW THE PROBLEM EXISTED. I THINK FORD SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR IT CAUSED US. *TR

(MY WIFE) DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY, CAR VIOLENTLY JERKED (JUMPED) AND THEN DROPPED IN SPEED DRAMATICALLY. COASTED OFF INTERSTATE ONTO EXIT AND WAITED FOR WRENCH LIGHT TO GO OFF AND THEN MADE IT HOME (CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20MPH). WE CALLED ABOUT HAVING IT CHECKED BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THE WRENCH LIGHT ON IN ORDER TO READ ANYTHING ON IT. IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW OTHER TIMES AND MOST RECENT AS TODAY (7/29/14) WITH THE CAR NOT WANTING TO ACCELERATE. PRIOR TO THIS, MY SON FELT THE JERK AND THOUGHT A TIRE BLEW. IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE SO YOU WANT TO HIT GAS PEDAL MORE AND IT WILL SUDDENLY JUMP (ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN). THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. I HOPE THIS ISSUE IS TAKEN CARE OF QUICKLY BEFORE A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT HAPPENS. GOD BLESS. *JS