Four problems related to transmission gear slipping have been reported for the 2000 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2000 Taurus.
Daughter was driving down the highway and it was as if it went into neutral. No forward or reverse gears. There was no indication of anything about to happen transmission was not slipping or acting up prior to this. Just glad there was not heavy traffic as this could have been a bad scenario. After research have found this is a very common occurrence on this vehicle. Wondering why Ford has not down something about it. Bought a Ford Taurus because we thought it would be a very safe car for a young driver.
The transmission slips around 45, and when making a sharp left at any speed.
I was at a stop light and tried to drive and my 2000 Ford Taurus would not move. It has not shown any signs of the transmission slipping in the past. It has had 2 engines and an ac compressor which was covered under warranty. The warranty is up and no one can give any advice. I have heard this is an ongoing problem with the Ford Taurus.
Noticed within last 2000 miles that the transmission would slip and jerk when driving up steep grades or sharp turns, when it would attempt to downshift from 3rd to 2nd. It failed completely last night while driving home, fortunately we were only 3 miles from our home. Now it will only go 25 mph and has a burning odor. It has 103k miles and the auto trans was serviced (filter/fluid changed) every 35k miles. We will get an estimate for the repair/replacement, however I suspect a bill from $1500-2200 is in order. All the news I heard about Ford automatics is now substantiated. . . . This is the last Ford for us period.