Automatic Transmission Torque Converter problems of the 2007 Ford Taurus

Vehicle suddenly lost power to the wheels in the middle of heavy rush hour traffic, though the vehicle was still on. After coasting into a parking lot, I tried to move the car both forward and backward and it just wouldn't go. There was no noise to indicate something had broken. After taking it to the transmission shop, I found out from the owner that the torque converter was at fault and that they saw this all the time on this generation of Ford Taurus around 60,000 to 90,000 miles driven. It cost about $3,000 to repair but luckily won't happen again because a few after market auto parts manufacturers have realized this issue exists and have made strengthened torque converters. If transmission shops have noticed this is an issue and parts manufacturers have noticed this is enough of an issue to make a profit from, then this is something Ford needs to rectify. The torque converter failing at 75,000 miles is alone unacceptable and potentially quite dangerous, though I was lucky. Please investigate.

"check transmission" has come up three times on display over the past 2 months. I am not sure of the dates of the first 2 incidents but each time I found transmission fluid underneath the car as I drove away. I also found fluid on the engine block after the second incident. I took it to a local mechanic after the second incident, and they said my transmission was starting to go but they could not be specific on when this would happen. The last incident happened last week, and I decided to take it to the local Ford dealership. They spent time looking at my car and found the problem to be the torque converter! again, I was also told that there was no telling when the transmission will fail.

While returning to lubbock, TX from carrollton, TX with the cruise control on the engine began racing but the car slowed down. Applied brake to turn off cruise control and coasted off the highway. The temperature was about 105 degrees outside and was 20 miles away from nearest town. Was stranded until tow truck could make it out there. Car would not engage in any gear. Shop determined that torque converter failed. Car has never towed anything.