Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 1995

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 999222970 Incident Date: Nov, 10 1999
Consumer's City: CHARLOTTE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 1995
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#: 1FALP52U4SA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 12 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 13 1996
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission failure @ 83,000 miles, common with ford taraus vehicles. ford was unable to repair for 14 days, at any of the 5 dealerships local to charlotte. the repaired transmission failed. then the ford warrantied transmission, replaced 7/11/03, failed 400 miles later (36,000 mile warranty), because the fluid had leaked out! quality of the oem product is acutely in question, while workmanship and service are horrible. incident date is the first transmission failure. *ak