1999 Ford Taurus stalled; mechanic says it’s transmission but is slow to get back to me?
Just want everyone’s input on this. Last week my 1999 Ford Taurus (automatic) stalled at 3 in the morning with some friends driving it. They hadn’t been on the road long and they said the RPMs just went sky high and the car just died. I’ve not had much trouble with it leading up to this. It was whining in extreme cold, but that’s about it. It’s in a shop now (an hour from where I live) and they say they need to take the transmission out, look at it, and see what part needs replacing. This all sounds so involved that I just wanted to get some input from Y Answers since there always is such a wealth of experience here….. Also, is there a way my friends’ bad driving could have killed the transmission? I find that hard to believe, but, you know, I thought I’d ask.
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A couple of things…
The transmission shop should be able to check for any set codes relating to the transmission, so they should be able to give you some idea without removing the transmission….of course, once it’s out of the car, you’re pretty well stuck-a fact they’re probably counting on.
Secondly, the Taurus was notorious for unreliable transmissions, so this isn’t necessarily an unusual thing. Are you sure you want to invest a couple of grand in a car that probably isn’t worth much more than that?
Bad driving can definately kill a trasmission, but I don’t know what he would be doing in an automatic to do that. its hard, but can be done. Transmissions are expensive, I don’t know if you’ve got a cronic problem and it happens mostly when the car is cold, check the spark plug wires. Old, frayed spark plug wires usually present withe the same symptoms, and its a lot cheaper to fix. ITs cheap and can’t hurt if you want to take a stab at fixing it. Or you could ask a friend to check the spark plug wires.
Happened to me and no warning.
Found out torque converter is the culprit and a overhaul shop told me that Fords all do that even at 35k miles.
Said the part is faulty and they lobbied congress to prevent a national recall which they would be forced to overhaul 4.2millon transmissions at a cost of 1,500.00 each.
I had to rebuild the thing and it cost me 1800.00 and I only had the car for a year at 42k miles, just out of the warranty!
My car was running fine and suddenly the transmission just stopped working while driving on freeway. It wont shift or do anything though the car was in perfect shape. I even had the dealer service it every 3 months!!!
Go figure!
Your solution: Get a rebuild with updated internal parts and a warranty!
Same thing happened to my 99 Taurus. Was driving along pretty as I please as the RPM”S went way high and the car quit pulling. I got another transmission from a similar car in a junk yard for $150.00 had to pay another $100 to a friend to replace it for me. I drove it months and low and behold the same thing happened again. I have owned 3 Ford Taurus…I must say that I they have been good cars I’ve only had problems out of this last one and put thousands and thousands of miles on all of them.