Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 1997

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005024628 Incident Date: Jun, 15 2005
Consumer's City: TOLEDO Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FALP52U1VG Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 15 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 14 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: consumer has 40000 miles on vehicle and vehicle had to 3 transmissions. consumer was driving to florida on the interstate and the vehicle stopped. vehicle was towed because it would not pull. this was at 27, 000 miles. at 40000 miles the vehicle was leaking transmission fluid in the garage. vehicle is in garage to have the power steering rack replaced, when consumer was told that the leak was transmission fluid he needed a new transmission. vehicle has been to dealer often for different repairs. consumer was told that there was no warranty. consumer has had all recalls repaired on vehicle. dealer told consumer that there may be something else in car causing transmission to fail. vehicle is driven less than 4000 miles a year. vehicle was purchased used with about 20,000 miles. consumer owned vehicle for 6 years. same dealer has done all repairs on vehicle, except one transmission because vehicle broke down in lima, ohio. this was done by ford dealership.*ak