One problem related to automatic transmission control module has been reported for the 2001 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2001 Taurus.
Pavement was a little bit wet, but the vehicle lost traction control totally and ran along the curb before can be stopped while making a right turn. The vehicle is equipped with traction control and abs but did not seem to work well. On other (3~4) occasions in making turns, the tires appeared to spin too freely for seconds before traction regained.