 Our first one the tranny went out about 120000 miles and that was 80 percent highway miles,,,I thought it was just a fluke but now my 2003 Tarus is acting like the tranny is going out on it also, and I bought it brand new and they promised me Ford had fixed any problems previous Tauras had  and I kept kept up on everything you need to keep up on oil changes transmission cleaning and new fluids steering all of it, but the transmission gets stuck in park sometimes and just acts like it doesnt want to shift properly,and the steering feels warped,,,not explaining myself very well but im sure people know what I mean.  It has 135000 on it, it does sadden me because its a beutiful car still and the engine runs perfect no problems at all except that nasty transmission problem!  Maybe ford has finnally fixed that? Sorry about spelling...My daughter had a tarus years ago and her transmision went out too.  Do they even make taurus anymore? Im selling mine to a mechanic friend for 100$  sorry Ford but this has been my experience and I believe in telling the truth..Thank you fl