This price is 4.6 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $11439
Fair price: $13376
High price: $15312
MPG: 18 mpg city / 27 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Charcoal Black
Color: Black
Dealer: Cartwright Ford
Mileage: 73,490
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Ford Taurus Limited
Estimated: $42284 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2863
$1374
$1203
$1088
$973
$7501
Insurance
$1859
$1924
$1991
$2061
$2133
$9968
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2351
$1670
$1075
$1175
$2101
$8372
Repairs
$828
$1002
$1139
$1261
$1457
$5687
Taxes & Fees
$986
$986
$986
$986
$986
$1460
Total Ownership Costs
$10620
$7867
$7399
$7598
$8800
$42284
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st & 2nd Rows
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3500.0
Displacement CI: 213.58310433156
Displacement L: 3.5
Doors: 4
Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 263
Engine KW: 196.1191
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Engine Model: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Taurus
Model Year: 2012
Other Engine Info: 4V
Plant City: Chicago
Plant Company Name: Chicago
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: ILLINOIS
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Limited
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TODAY, WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH ON RTE 1, MY 1998 FORD TAURUS WAGON SUDDENLY STARTING TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AS LOUD NOISES LIKE BOTTOMING OUT ON SEVERAL BOULDERS EMANATED FROM BENEATH THE CAR. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN SMOOTHLY AND THE A/C PUMPED OUT COOL AIR, BUT WHEN THE CAR CAME TO REST AT A STOP LIGHT IT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THE RPM GOT QUITE HIGH AND ONLY THEN AT A VERY SLOW, HERKY, JERKY PACE. THE CAR SMOOTHED OUT AT AROUND 25-30 MPH, BUT THE PROBLEM GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I NOTICED BLUE-GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR AND PARKED THE CAR IN A RELATIVELY SAFE PLACE. I NOTICED LIQUID DRIPPING FROM BENEATH THE CAR NEAR THE REAR OF THE OIL PAN. MY HUSBAND CHECKED ON THE CAR ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE LIQUID IS TRANSMISSION FLUID. WITHOUT HUMOR I RECALLED A WOMAN TELLING ME JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THAT SHE HAD A CAR JUST LIKE MINE THAT SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN RECENTLY, AND I TOLD HER AT THE TIME THAT MY CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ON RTE 1 AND NOT ON I-95, AND IN THE DAY TIME ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AND NOT ON A COLD, WET NIGHT. *NLM
2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE KEYLESS START/STOP BUTTON IS OBSCURED BY THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAN BE INADVERTENTLY TOUCHED WHILE KEEPING ATTENTION TO ROAD AND TRAFFIC.THE BUTTON IN OUR CAR IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A DELIBERATE PUSH TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. WHILE DRIVING I WAS TRYING TO ADJUST THE AIR DISCHARGE VENT CONTROL, THAT IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE START/STOP BUTTON.WHEN I PRESSED DOWN ON THE VENT CONTROL MY HAND SLIPPED AND THE HEEL OF MY HAND MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE START/STOP BUTTON. I WAS UNAWARE THE ENGINE WAS OFF UNTIL I REALIZED THE CAR WAS SLOWING AND I HAD NO POWER. NO POWER STEERING AND NO TURN SIGNALS TO LET TRAFFIC KNOW I NEEDED TO MOVE OVER.FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. HAD I HAVE BEEN 50 FT. FURTHER, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO SHOULDER TO MOVE ONTO. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD CAUSED THIS EVENT UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER.WHILE TRAVELING ON I-90 IN A 3 LANE AREA AT 65 MPH, IN THE CENTER LANE, MY HUSBAND INADVERTENTLY HIT THE START/STOP BUTTON WHILE TRYING TO TURN ON THE RADIO.THERE IS ONLY A 3 1/2 INCH GAP, CENTER TO CENTER OF THESE TWO BUTTONS.HE WAS NOT AWARE HE HAD TURNED OFF THE ENGINE UNTIL HE REALIZED THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN.PLEASE REALIZE TI TAKES MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS TO GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECOVER FROM THIS. AGAIN, YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, NO TURN SIGNALS. HE TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND MANAGED TO GET US INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND THEN OFF THE HIGHWAY. ALL THE TIME THE CAR IS SLOWING MORE AND MORE, AND YOU HAVE SEMI TRUCKS IN YOUR LANE AND THE ADJACENT RIGHT LANE.WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE PURCHASED, THE SERVICE MANAGER TEST DROVE IT AND COULD DUPLICATE ALL OUR CONCERNS AND MORE. #338992. WE ASKED FORD MOTOR CO. TO REPURCHASE, THEY REFUSED, AND HAVE MADE NO OFFER TO DO ANY REPAIR. WHY WOULD A CAR BE DESIGNED THAT YOU CAN SO EASILY STOP THE ENGINE? *TR
