2008 Ford Taurus

THE WRENCH SYMBOL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER BEING PARKED OVERNIGHT. THE SHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION IS ROUGH AND JERKY IN MOTION. IT DID THIS WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED AND WE HAD THE CODE CLEARED AND HAD A RECALL ON THE EMISSION OR PCM FIXED BY FORD. NOW THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON AND THE SHIFTING IS AS I SAID EARLIER ROUGH AND JERKY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY DOWNSHIFT AND SHIFT ROUGHLY. ALSO, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

IN MARCH 2016 MY VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS. WHEN MAKING A TURN, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPONTANEOUSLY GRABS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS DISABLES THE VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES, AS IT HAPPENS AS I'M HEADING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE VALLEY FORD DEALERSHIP HERE IN KALISPELL, MONTANA 3 TIMES IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN RIGHT AFTER IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE BRAKES. SO I PAID $1070 TO HAVE THE BRAKES AND ROTTERS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THEM 2 MORE TIMES AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ONGOING PROBLEM. I AM SEEKING YOUR HELP IN RESOLUTION IN THIS MATTER. THIS HAS OCCURRED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES.

TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR ISSUE: CAR WOULD GET STUCK IN HIGH GEAR LOSING POWER AT SLOW SPEEDS. ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OR PARK WOULD CAUSE A LARGE CLUNK. SPEEDOMETER WOULD ALSO FLUCTUATE UNCONTROLLABLY DURING THIS TIME. DIAGNOSTIC CODES SHOWED FAILED OUTPUT SENSOR AND I HAD IT REPLACED. FUNCTION OF TRANSMISSION AFTER SENSOR REPLACEMENT IS STILL ROUGH. THE SAFETY ISSUE CAUSED BY THIS CAUSED ME TO LOSE FORWARD POWER SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS.

CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN DRIVING, RPM DIAL WILL REV UP TO 5 OR HIGHER AND WILL NOT COME BACK DOWN AND SHIFT THE GEARS UNLESS THE CAR IS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ALLOWING THE RPM'S TO GO BACK DOWN. ONCE RPM'S ARE BACK TO 0 AND CAR IS PUT BACK INTO DRIVE, IT WILL DRIVE NORMALLY. ONCE THE CAR HAS LIKE TWO OR THREE EPISODES OF REVVING, THE POWERTRAIN ICON THEN COMES ON THE DASH, AND STAYS ON, AND THEN THE CAR DRIVES NORMALLY AGAIN. THE CAR HAS NEVER HAD ANY ACCELERATION ISSUES OR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I GOT THE CAR FROM A DEALER IN 2012 AND IT HAD UNDER 60K WHEN I BOUGHT IT.

MY 2008 TAURUS SEL FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING BETWEEN GEARS WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. 100 YARDS LATER, ON AN UPHILL STREET, THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE AND ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE. I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC SO I HAD TO REV THE ENGINE AT MAX RPM TO BARELY MAKE IT OUT OF TRAFFIC AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK AND A JOLT LIKE SOMEONE JUST REAR-ENDED ME. SAME WHEN SHIFTING INTO N OR L. THE CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED. THE OBD CODE READER INDICATED A PENDING P720 FAILURE, "OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION". I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY PRETENDED TO BE UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR IS LOCATED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, NOT A USER SERVICEABLE PART. EVEN THE MOST METICULOUS MAINTENANCE COULD NOT HAVE AVOIDED THE SENSOR FAILURE WHICH CLEARLY POINTS TO A DESIGN FLAW IN THE SENSOR. MY TAURUS IS 7 YEARS OLD WITH 93,000 MILES. A REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL AID WAS DECLINED BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. ANY CAR WITH A 6F50 TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED AS THESE TIME BOMBS ARE A HIGHWAY SAFETY HAZARDS.

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN FEB 2010. DRIVEN TO TAKE CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND BACK HOME APPROX TOTAL MILEAGE ROUND TRIP DAILY IS 6 MILES AT MOST. FIRST INSTANCE HAPPENED WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND SLOWING DOWN BY PRESSING THE BRAKE BUT THE MOTOR ACCELERATED RPMS INSTEAD AS IF I WERE PRESSING THE GAS. LASTED FEW SECONDS AND BEGAN DOING AS IT SHOULD. NEXT INSTANT HAPPENED COUPLE MONTHS LATER WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE TO STOP AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM TAKING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. TRIED TO STOP IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I REACHED THE HOUSE AND THE MOTOR ACCELERATED INSTEAD AND HAD TO TURN THE SWITCH OFF TO MAKE IT STOP MAKING THE ACCELERATION NOISE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WITH EACH TIME A LITTLE MORE INTENSE. MOST RECENTLY, WHILE TAKING MY SON TO A TRAVELBALL TOURNAMENT I SLOWED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND IT BRIEFLY REVVED THE MOTOR. WHEN I TRIED TO START GOING AGAIN IT TOOK A SECOND FOR THE CAR TO ACTUALLY GO, THEN BEGAN RUNNING NORMAL. FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ALL ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN THE MOTOR BEGAN ACCELERATING BUT CAR SLOWING DOWN AS IF IT HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF GEAR. THE DIFFERENCE WAS IT WAS STILL IN GEAR AND PRESSING THE BRAKE DID NOTHING AND STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED THEN IT JUST STARTED DRIVING NORMAL AGAIN. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE TO DESTINATION AND SLOWED TO TURN RIGHT AT INTERSECTION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. THAT WAS A MONTH AGO AND HAS NOT DONE IT SINCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE BEGUN TO MAKE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETED STOP AS NUMEROUS INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NO LONGER WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE 13 ERROR CODES, HOWEVER; THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DUPLICATED AT THAT TIME EITHER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.