There are 69 stored owner reports matching the powertrain & transmission leading-label group for the 1992 Ford Taurus in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 50 of 69 matching reports. This is a limited sample of up to 50 reports, ordered by incident date when available, not the complete group. The list controls page through the loaded reports only.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)FORD TAURUS AXOD-E TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH WHOLE FAMILY IN THE CAR. IT TOOK ALMOST 2 HOURS TO FINALLY HAVE THE CAR SAFELY MOVED OUT OF HARMS WAY. *AK
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF REVERSE AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND RAN INTO A BRICK WALL, VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATED WHEN STARTED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A MECHANIC THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC SHOP IS REFUSING TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE.*YH
FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO SLIP, DOWNSHIFT IN BANG. *AK
MECHANIC STATED MANY TAURUS TRANSMISSION NEED REPLACEMENT (CONFIRMED BY OTHER MECHANICS) . FORD UPGRADED THE REPLACEMNT PARTS BECAUSE ORIGANALS WERE OF POOR QUALITY. CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGH WAY OVER 40 MPH TRANSMISSION WILL LOOSE SPEED DOWN TO 10 MPH. CONSUMER COULD BE REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK
I'M OUT THE COST OF BUYING THIS CAR AND THE REPAIRS I'VE MADE--CANNOT INVEST ANY MORE $. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 92-95 3.8 DRIVETRAINS ON TAURUS'S SABLES'S AND WINDSTAR'S
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT. CONSUMER WAS PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL, AND THE MOTOR WOULD MAKE NOISE. BUT THE GEARS WERE STUCK. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN FIRST AND 2ND GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT TWICE, ONCE AT 36,000 AND AGAIN AT APPROX. 50,000. I AM LOOKING FOR HELP TO GET FORD TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT. CAN YOU HELP ME?
TOTAL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT 33,750 MILES IS LUDICRIOUS DUE TO MANUFACTURERS DEFECT (ALUMINUM CLUTCH PISTON)
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH IN SLOW TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO MECHANIC & INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PLANETARY GEAR HAD BURNED OUT. FLUID WOULD NOT FLOW THROUGH SMALL HOLES. HAD TO REBUILT TRANSMISSION WITH NEW PARTS KIT. THIS IS THE 2ND OCCURRENCE WITH TRANSMISSION. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE TWO TIMES WITHIN A 14 MONTH PERIOD COST WAS $1280.00 FIRST REBUILD AND $840 SECOND
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING GEARS TO SHIFT ABRUPTLY.
SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER DOES NOT OPERATE. THE DEALER MOVED AND IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE LUBRICATED.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
PULLING AWAY FROM STOP SIGN WHEN TRANSMISSION STAYED IN LOW GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER & DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. IT HAPPENED AGAIN A 2ND TIME. ALSO HAD SHIFTING PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER PRIOR TO SHIFTING PROBLEM OCCURRING. *AK
PREMATURE FAILURES OF THE FORD TAURUS AXOD TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH CARS MANUFACTURED IN 1992 OR BEFORE. THE TRANSMISSION CLEARLY HAS A RELIABILITY PROBLEM THAT FORCES MANY OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THE CAR HAS ONLY 50-60 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. I BELIVE NHTSA SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER NOT ONLY AS A SAFETY PROBLEM, BUT ALSO TO FORCE FORD TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY AND COVER AT LEAST THE PARTIAL COST OF THE REPAIR.
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Vehicle import recorded: May 4, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.