Ownership Cost for 2013 Ford Taurus SE
Estimated: $41700 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $3031 | $1455 | $1273 | $1152 | $1031 | $7942 |
| Insurance | $1911 | $1978 | $2047 | $2119 | $2193 | $10248 |
| Fuel | $1625 | $1674 | $1732 | $1802 | $1883 | $8716 |
| Maintenance | $2112 | $1600 | $1069 | $1215 | $1991 | $7987 |
| Repairs | $739 | $919 | $1044 | $1167 | $1355 | $5224 |
| Taxes & Fees | $1069 | $1069 | $1069 | $1069 | $1069 | $1583 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10487 | $7748 | $7321 | $7554 | $8590 | $41700 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1995 | POWER TRAIN | THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE CAR WAS REPLACED AT 50000 MILES BECAUSE IT JUMPED AROUND AND MADE A RATTLING NOISE. NOW THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER IS DOING THE SAME THING. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE PROBLEM STARTS IS NOW DOWN TO 40 MPH. THE NEEDLE JUMPS ALL OVER A RANGE OF ABOUT 15 MPH ABOVE AND BELOW THE ACTUAL SPEED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER TAURUS OWNERS AND LOOKED ON THE INTERNET, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRING THIS DANGEROUS (AND APPARENTLY COMMON) PROBLEM. |
| 2013 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT WAS NOTED THAT WHEN I SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH, THE STATED SPEED LIMIT, THE DIGITAL NUMERICAL READOUT READ EXACTLY 70 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER ALTHOUGH READS CONSISTENTLY 3-4 MPH ABOVE THE CRUISE CONTROL SETTING. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE AS BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER AND OCCURS REGARDLESS OF SPEED SETTING, I.E.: SAME ISSUE IF CRUISE IS SET AT 45 MPH, 55 MPH, 65 MPH, ETC. AFTER BECOMING CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY IN FACT BE TRAVELING FASTER THAN THE DIGITAL CRUISE CONTROL SETTING WAS STATING, I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. THEY WERE UNABLE FIX THE ISSUE WITH EXACT EXPLANATION ON MY REPAIR ORDER READING: "CLIENT STATES WHEN CRUISE SET THE SPEEDOMETER ALWAYS 3-4 MILES HIGHER. NWP CONTACT FORD ADVISED TO DRIVE 2013 AND 2014 MODELS TO VERIFY CONCERN. BOTH MODELS SAME SYMPTOM. ALL OK AT THIS TIME." |
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