2000 Ford Taurus SES review from North America

Drums had to be replaced within first month of purchase.

Recall on stop lamp switch.

Pinging noise upon acceleration in warm weather. The warmer it gets the heavier the ping.

My biggest issue with this car, is the pinging. I have read several things on the web regarding this, one of them being on this message board. This pinging supposedly can be taken care of with a PCM reset or reprogram. Has to do with the computer not recognizing octane of gas? (I'm not a mechanic) I've been told by ford that I needed an upper engine de-carbon a new DPFE sensor, spark plugs etc. Total cost=700.00-800.00$I asked him if ping would be completely gone, his reply was that every car has ping. I quickly declined services and never looked back.

The possibilities on the fix for this are many. Or perhaps according to a post already on this board there isn't.

I have had the egr valve replaced and that didn't work. So I am kind of stumped.

All said and done, this car would have an excellent rating if not for this annoying ping.I've been told not to use a higher octane gas, use the recommended 87 octane. gonna try the pcm reprogram tomorrow, any suggestions?Contacted Ford Motor company, suppose to give me a call back. One more thing, also read camshaft or camshaft bearings on some of these 2000 SES were not properly heat treated which could be causing ping. Just food for thought. Any suggestions answers would be greatly appreciated.