Faults:

The car is on it's sixth transmission since I bought it; the transmission went out the first time a month after I bought it. I took it to the dealership and had it replaced with a new one and (thank goodess) got an extended warranty on the replacement. It went out once a month for the next four months, and each time I took it back and had it replaced again for free, as per my warranty. After the fifth time, I was fed up with the dealership, and I sucked up the payment and had it replaced by another company with a custom rebuilt transmission, and it still has problems.

In addition, the car developed a problem of totally dying while making left-hand turns, which I found out was linked to a recall only after I was in an accident after the car died while I was turning.

Also, the window motors have all been replaced, the liftgate (I have a wagon) was rewired when it refused to open, the cassette player died, and the air conditioning system has been replaced twice.

General Comments:

It's the least reliable car my family has ever owned, and we were lucky to have a functional Nissan to drive when this one was in the shop.

The one positive thing we have to say for the car is that despite the fact that there was a safety hazard built into the car that caused us to have an accident in it, when we were hit by a stretch limousine going 45 while we were making a left hand turn, we all walked away without a scratch. This is the safest car I've ever seen.

Its best safety feature, however, still remains that it is a poorly built car, as I have found it is difficult to have a serious accident while sitting in your driveway cursing the car because it won't start.

General Comments:

I would just like to say of all the things that can go wrong my husband and I were involved in a car accident on 11/7/2000. A semi truck hit us literally tearing the entire left side of our Ford Taurus apart and if it had not been for the way this car took the hit we would be dead. We were stopped in construction traffic and he hit us going about 65 miles an hour, the Taurus was a total loss but stood up great and was the only reason we were not hurt worse. I would most definitely buy another Ford.

Faults:

Rebuilt transmission, replaced head gasket, cracked heater core, overheats constantly.

General Comments:

Repair cost will vary, I know that it would've been cheaper to repair in my home town but I moved and went with who I found. I bought this car used, and I have to say that the previous owners sold it at exactly the right time. It had great power in the engine - it should it's a V6. BUT, I can't even drive it to work anymore without worrying about having problems = very frustrating. Things have been going wrong with the car periodically, many small things in addition to the major problems listed above. I will avoid Fords like the plague from now on.