Faults:

I got rid of it in '92, but I am still mad at it til this day so please forgive me.

Way too much to list here.

I spent more money fixing it than I did when I paid for it at the dealer.

General Comments:

I bought it with 1.5 miles on it brand new. I bought a 25,000 mile warranty, & literally the day after it hit 25,000, things started breaking left & right. I spent more money fixing it than I did when I paid for it at the dealer.

The biggest thing that broke were the mounts holding the drivetrain in place.

I was on my way to work one day, & it started shaking & rattling, then something big from the engine bay fell out & I could see it in my rear view mirror sparking on the pavement; other cars swerving to avoid it. No less than 5 seconds later, I heard an extremely loud bang, lost all power & steering. I can hear a loud grinding noise and I can see sparks and all little parts flying out from underneath as the car slows down extremely fast. The whole drivetrain fell out of the car & left a nice 50 yard trail of destruction down the highway.

After I got out, I realized the oil on the road caught fire & so did the hulk of engine.

When it was all said & done, the firewall had been punched back 5 inches, $250,000 in damage to the asphalt, ONLY 30,000 TOTAL MILES ON THE CAR & a lousy $500 from my insurance company.

The day after this happened, I received an express letter from Ford telling me that the drivetrain mounts have been recalled.

Faults:

Water Pump went at 151,000 miles.

Lower radiator hose went at 151,000 miles.

Transmission was rebuilt at 91,236 miles, before I owned the car.

Transmission shifts hard up and down in first and second gear when gas pedal is floored. First happened at 150,000 miles. It has to cool down before it stops.

Tried to recharge air conditioner and found a leaky hose at 145,000 miles.

It also eats gas after it hits a half tank. You are lucky if you get 20 miles out of it before it hits empty. However you can get a good 115 miles out of a half tank. So total you can get about 135 miles a tank.

Since it is a Ford it also has a few quirks:

-Turn signals stopped working one night for no reason and then worked fine the next day.

-Can get a little hot, but it stays normal since I replaced the water pump.

General Comments:

Luckily, my friend is a mechanic and all I needed to fix the car was him and the parts.

Comfortable car with a HUGE backseat.

There is a lot of trunk space.

I would not buy another Taurus, only because they have a lot of transmission problems, and because under the hood is a giant cluster, repair costs are high.

25 MPG Highway.

21 MPG City.

This was my first car, but unfortunately I cannot live with it anymore because I need something more reliable (not to say this was horrible, but it is old and I need something I know will last me a while).