Taurus/Sable Transmission Problems

120 messages, Last post on Oct 28, 2009 at 4:49 AM

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#119 of 120 Re: auto trans problem ? [badcat3] by badcat3 Oct 07, 2009 (11:25 am)
Replying to: badcat3 (Oct 06, 2009 9:27 am) PS to my Cougar post -- there are apparently 2 service bulletins ( not fed safety recalls) for Cougar Auto trans, ( same as Taurus ?? )both listed as ' Auto Trans control module ' which sounds like it COULD be my problem. haven't been able to get any additional info service bull # 042107 - date Dec 04 , NHTSA # 1001 4086
#120 of 120 Re: 2005 Mercury Sable [bb03791] by shelgrl Oct 28, 2009 (4:49 am)
Replying to: bb03791 (Jan 07, 2008 6:17 am) This is happening to me (2005 Mercury Sable; 75,000 miles) as we speak. I don't know if you have taken care of this problem or not, which I'm assuming you probably already have, but in my case it is indeed the torque converter. Unfortunately this happened when I was over 100 miles away from my home in the middle of the night. Went to do a U-turn and went to accelerate and the car just revved like it had come out of gear. It wouldn't go into any gear, and along with that, my starter also let go at the same time. Now I've had the car towed twice and the Ford dealer says it's going to cost me over $1600.00. Does anyone know if this sounds outrageous? An independant said they could do it for half that price with buying the torque converter from Advance for a couple hundred dollars. I had had my tranny serviced earlier this year, with new filter and fluids, so the levels were fine. Let me know how you faired. Thanks!