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Chart based on 35 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
2010 Ford Taurus
Engine not specified
920 mi
Raw fuel smell in the drivers cabin.
Wrench light on "Limp Mode" operating on 4 cyl not full 6 cyl. The vehicle entered the Ford Freeway Dealership Service Department 5 times and they could not resolve the "Raw Fuel Smell" entering the drivers cabin. The vehicle was been monitored for Combustible Gas detection and results prove positive.
No heat at idle - cause air in system. Replaced Separator Plate per TSB. Plate and gasket assembly.
10000 mi
Cruise control shutting down, transmission appears to hunt for correct gear. Latest event, turned on transmission/AWD error wrench. Went into limp home, which cleared after getting to side of road and restarting. Rest of trip uneventful
13000 mi
US $60
Recurring problem. Same as above.
52000 mi
Both turbo's leaking oil at seam.
52000 mi
Leaking oil near rear turbo.
56000 mi
Oil leak required second repair attempt.
56800 mi
Rear turbo oil leak. Dealer finally jumped through enough hoops that Ford let them change the turbo. That was really the overall issue.
52300 mi
Transmission sensors replaced
2800 mi
Turbo sensor failed, resulting in very rough driving. Sensor replaced and all is well... so far.
8000 mi
Another dealer was able to identify and make repair that was first reported in April. Dealer performed TSB that resolved the issue with the transmission slipping out of gear.
110000 mi
US $50
Replaced timing chain, timing cam phasers, oil pump, water pump
23000 mi
After thousands of miles with a burning oil smell, out was determined that the front seal was bad.
5000 mi
transmission would seem to be in neutral at a stop and then slam into first gear.Sensor was replaced in trans. This is a known problem--the dealer even has the part in stock. Fix seems to correct problem.
6200 mi
the wires from the air intake sensor became frayed and were shorting out.
17000 mi
US $300
bank 1 pre cat.oxygen sensor no signal.
126000 mi
shop replaced thermostat two days later blown radiator core, replaced radiator and all hoses
126000 mi
3 weeks later...both turbos toast. $8000 in 5 weeks. DONE!
56000 mi
US $300
Missing had to have software upgraded.
6700 mi
2 Main recurent problems, still unresolved is push to touch start does not work. Car is unstartable w/o a 2nd remote or leaving the car for 6 hours allowing onboard pc's to sleep mode. Other issue is speed sensor in the tranny.
10000 mi
Buyback. Rough idle issue. First attempt reflashed PCM. Second did spark plugs per TSB. Thirdeplaced fuel injector, coil, wiring harnesses, PCM etc and removed the heads. Total of 74 days. Replaced with a 2011.
7000 mi
Excessively long transmission downshift delay. Reprogrammed module.
Bolt broke where the exhaust manifold connects to the catalytic converter. Causing a loud engine noise.
Connection repair.
11000 mi
TSB to flash transmission.
183000 mi
coolant in engine oil, dealer diagnosed as blown head gasket, cracked head or failed water pump. Did not have car repaired, debating fixing or salvaging car
8000 mi
Car stalled and bucked after everytime the gas tank was filled. They replaced the gas tank, hoses and vapor valves. After two more fill ups every thing seems to be fixed.
10000 mi
Engine light staying on; Diagnosed bad sensor; Sensor ordered.
11000 mi
Engine light on; part (sensor) ordered in Nov & replaced in Dec.
12000 mi
Same problem with engine light coming on; called dealer and the same sensor replaced as in Dec.
16000 mi
Fluctuating idle; "Check Engine" light and dash "wrench" light activated. Throttle Body - replaced.
2200 mi
Transmission shifting poorly..was told at 1,450 miles I needed to let the transmission "learn" my driving habits more. They reset software to "ground zero" and I am starting from scratch and will see what happens. Wish me luck.
4000 mi
Transmission "slipped" or hard shifted when going from first to second gear at very slow speeds...dealer reflashed transmission and problem seemingly gone (I hope).
5000 mi
Transmission reflash to correct low-speed slip shift
27700 mi
Vehicle exterior lights were flickering, then inside lights when unlocked door opened. Power front seat had moved all the way forward, dash lights flickering too. When push button start (key-less) pushed engine would not start.
10000 mi
Continuing problem of false warning lights and chimes, especially CEL. A couple of loose connectors were finally located during diagnostic testing and dealer consultation with factory engineers. Shortly after reporting what I had hoped would finally be a permanent fix my car was back to the dealer for the same problem. They have actually admitted that this set of problems would most likely never be fixed.
15000 mi
Ford engineer worked on this 18 month old problem. Head Up Display module was replaced. It appears to have now finally been fixed as there have been no recurrances of the check engine light or other warning signals.
O2 sensor #1 bank 1 threw engine code. This is the sensor between the intake and firewall. I replaced all four o2 sensors. The most difficult was the lower sensor accessed through the RH wheel-well. Had to cut the wires/use a deep socket.
191000 mi
US $700
Replaced Water-pump. Included entire timing assembly.
202000 mi
US $100
Replaced Upstream o2 sensors.
22320 mi
C $50
Vehicle shut off 2 different times, engine light come on and engine oil light came on,car had to be restarted with button, brought to local dealer and could not find and faults, hard to find a mechanic to diagnose a problem with no codes.
33660 mi
Check engine light on sometimes, car has major ignition knock, dealer diagnosed vacumn leak in booster pump, parts on order car is still driveable for now.
36580 mi
car shuts off seems like after deceleration sometimes, check engine light still on, dealer says car is running lean sometimes and says not o2 sensors, currently has flight recorder installed, we shall see what happens
37280 mi
Check engine light coming on every 3 weeks, finally replaced 2 oxygen sensors and so far so good. Car keeps shutting off at stop light, stop sign, dealer doesn't know why. Car starts right up again no problem.
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