2005 Taurus Life expectancy

8 messages, Last post on Jun 06, 2009 at 12:04 PM

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#6 of 8 Re: [bobber1] by berri Mar 04, 2009 (6:02 pm)
Replying to: bobber1 (Mar 04, 2009 4:00 pm) A Vulcan is a Vulcan. Its not the engine, its the other stuff. Prior gen Ford and GM had a lot of variability in their product reliability. I'd be comfortable with the newer stuff today since I think their QC has improved and become much more consistent. But his gen Taurus, like the Impala, has a lot of discrepancies from car to car. Get a good one and will match up to camcord, but maybe 50/50 whether you luck out or not. Heck, I even noticed these differences from car to car when I used to rent them on business when they were relatively new.
#7 of 8 Re: 2005 Taurus Life expectancy [aleshanic] by fstrfvo Apr 14, 2009 (11:01 pm)
Replying to: aleshanic (Feb 25, 2009 7:06 pm) Have a 2000 taurus with the vulcan and it has 120,000 miles and have only replaced batteries and a couple alternators, of course brakes and tires. it still runs perfect.
#8 of 8 Re: 2005 Taurus Life expectancy [pod] by rogerb34 Jun 06, 2009 (12:04 pm)
Replying to: pod (Mar 02, 2009 9:29 am) 87 Sable with 150k miles w/o engine issues and no CA smog failures. Transmission rebuilt 88k miles and no issues at 150k miles. Current is 05 Sable LS Duratec. 05 tranny is much improved AX4N. I service every 20k or whenever annual color test indicates.