Are Ford Taurus' really notorious for having transmission problems?

Question

I have a '93.

Answer 1

I had mine rebuilt for $2000.00 three years ago, I think it was worth it. All cars have there problems and for me I love my 1996 Taurus so I shall work thru them. Remember you could have a chevy with a trans problem.

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Answer 2

somewhat. my father in law has a transmission shop and has done a lot of taurus transmissions but considering how many are on the road, it's not as bad as some say. most transmissions go bad from abuse, plain and simple. as far as the taurus being a peice of junk - I have had 3, my father has owned 2 and my sister has owned 2 from a 1989 to a 2001 ( as high as 145,000 mi) and we have never had any major problems with anything on the cars.

Answer 3

Well the Taurus is fairly notorious for transmission failures under 100,000 miles, and more often between 60,000 and 80,000. However, that seems to me from long experience to be true of many American made V-6 automatic combinations, GM, Ford and Chrysler. Nevertheless, the cars otherwise tend to last pretty well and the transmissions are not ridiculously expensive to replace if you shop around a bit. I would say $1,500 to $2,000, installed, and you can expect to get another 60,000 to 80,000 out of the next one. To me that is pretty cost effective.

Answer 4

The only real problem with the trannys in the Ford Taurus and Sables is the Forward piston can break in them. The new replacements are steel, the old ones were alum. It isn't a big problem, but there were some that would break. In my experience it was due to being rough to the car. Just keep it serviced regular.

Answer 5

You better believe it. My parents had a '93 Taurus and we changed the transmission in that 4 times in 3 yrs. they FINALLY got rid of it but i i dont think they learned their lesson. they got a 94 Taurus and replaced the transmission twice. the 94 had the 3.8 V6. GREAT engine. bad tranny. The problem is, they dont have an efficiant enough oil cooler. so it gets WAY to hot and heats up the car and makes it vapor lock and shut down the car. trust me, it happend to me enough i "accidently" wrecked the car so they could get out of it.

Answer 6

I have personally known or know at this time, 6 different people with different ford Taurus`. None had any transmission problem, but, every single one of them have gone through at least 2 sets of exhaust. I'm not guaranteeing they don't, but you'd think 1 of the 6 would've at least. So I'd say no. (the cars are built to last, ironic tho as people perceive them as junk cars)

Answer 7

I have a 92 with 180k on the clock. I have rebuilt the tranny every 80k or so. A good way to beat this is the get a trans service every 20k. Most transmission are good for 80 to 100k anyhow as long as you service them. My friend owns a trans shop and i get the good guy deal. I think it is worth the money if you have 3.0 motor to keep fixing it. I believe until the motor dies i will keep maintaining it and i have heard of people getting 220 to 250 k on the 3.0 motors. If you look at car payments to rebuild a transmission versus car payments you win after just 6 months.

Answer 8

Yes, hey have transmission problems. I have a Ford Taurus. I have done a lot work to it.
The transmissions have many updates that fix most of their problems. If you don't like working on cars yourself, you may want to buy another car. You see I have been a tech for more than twenty years. What's bad for others is good for me. When comes to cars.

Answer 9

I can't tell you about trends as I don't follow them.

I had to replace the head bolts in a Taurus due to them breaking but never had any transmission problems.

Answer 10

As someone else said, the transmissions in the 90s had their share of problems and I know a lot were torque convertor problems as well as the forward as someone said...

But yep in the past 5 or 6 years they have gotten real better in quality and you don't see them as much anymore