Used 2009 Ford Taurus X Consumer Reviews
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Tranny Trouble
fordnotfun, 02/09/2013
2008 Ford Taurus X SEL 4dr Wagon AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
17 of 18 people found this review helpful
We pruchased used in June 2011, in August 2012 had to replace the water pump which was costly ($2100) due to the location of the pump, making labor cost HIGH! Then in December 2012 the transmission was replaced, talk about expensive--plus needing to rent a car for the 2 weeks it took to get it back. Since then, the transmission still is not right, jumping all over--now they are thinking the computer is not working correctly. So, $6200 spent in 6 mos, now looking at more problems--would definitely NOT recommend!!!
reliable, practical and good value for the money
RobH, 09/28/2020
updated 04/02/2025
2009 Ford Taurus X SEL 4dr Wagon AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
My review is going to be odd as its for super long period. I special ordered this 09 taurus x in late 08 and i believe it was one of the very last taurus x's made when they stopped production of this model in February 09. Since i am wary of too much tech gadgetry causing problems, i ordered it with essential features, like A/C, the basic sync stereo system so the cell phone can sync to the car. but i did not want auto shutting tailgate, or dvd players that could break or a sunroof that could leak. I keep cars for a long time. So i value reliability above all else. so i delete these type options when ordering. this car was first delivered to my local Ford dealer in Hawaii, where it was driven daily for the first 5 years to work at pearl harbor and used for normal home depot and shopping trips. During that time, i put about 34,000 miles on it and had no problems at all with it. just changed oil. i then shipped it to los angeles and drove it to ft lauderdale florida to a relatives house where i use it when i visit them a few times a year. Over the years, i have driven to back out to Utah and then back to Florida and then up to Virginia and basically, all over the country. But its still fairly low mileage for its age of 12 years. but what i am impressed with is that absolutely nothing has gone wrong with this car in all these years. i have changed oil over the years and tires once. thats it. The car still has the original battery in it, which i find incredible. normally car batteries last about 5 years. but this car drives like brand new and it looks like a car only a couple years old. the edmunds reviewer say the engine is loud and unrefined under hard acceleration. their wording seems to exaggerate what i observed. what happens is if you push the gas pedal all the way to the floor, you will hear the engine roar, but its about what you'd expect to happen when you floor board the pedal. this will likely never be experienced by normal driving as if you do that, the car lunges forward rapidly to such a degree that i can't imagine anyone needing to throttle the engine to obtain such sudden speed. so its a non issue to me. but if you can find one of these cars thats been well maintained, chances are you will find you got a solid, well built car thats practical. If you can't find one of these, as another reviewer wrote, look at the Flex. its essentially the exact same car with same driving dynamics. but as with any car, i would suggest to get a model with the least amount of "bells and whistles" as i find most of the complaining about cars in general are such that they are upset with some of the gadgets not working, that they probably don't need. Just get options you need Edmunds wants me to update this review from when i originally wrote it a few years ago. No additional comments. this car continues to have astounding reliability at 13 years old now. its still never had a mechanical breakdown since new. i did have to change the battery last year. i couldn't believe the battery from the factory actually lasted almost 12 years. but it did, tires will need to be rotated soon. but its an excellent car. if you can find one thats been reasonably well cared for, buy it! Update as of 9/30/24- Nothing changed from above. i still have the car and it still has not had any issues at all. Knock on wood it continues. 15 years now and nothing more than batteries and tires and fluid changes. Super reliable Update on 4/1/25- Edmunds sent me an email wanting me to update my review. So here it is... At 16 years now that I have had this car, it still has not had a single breakdown. Its the most incredibly reliable car I have ever owned. Wished i bought two of them and put the first in storage as when this car ever does start to give trouble, I'd have another super reliable car to drive for many years. I don't have much to add since my initial review of this Taurus X several years ago. It just keeps going and providing comfortable safe, reliable transportation. When I bought it new all those years ago, I never dreamed it would last this long with zero repairs. I can't believe it. I have a friend with a 6 year old Acura and he has had a multitude of mechanical problems, to include failing door lock mechanisms on all 4 doors at $500 a door to fix and a/c issues and some issue with the engine where they had to take out the camshaft or some major repair. In comparison, my Taurus X has not had anything at all break on it and its almost 3 times as old as that acura my friend has.
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Love the car, hate the repair costs
carissa2, 03/13/2012
2008 Ford Taurus X SEL 4dr Wagon (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
17 of 19 people found this review helpful
I have owned this car for a month, just noticed it was leaking antifreeze so I took it in to verify my suspicions. Sure enough it needs a new water pump, unfortunately in this engine it is driven off of the timing chain. Resulting in very high labor charges of over $1k.
end of warranty is "sell by" date
conflicted1, 02/26/2014
2008 Ford Taurus X Limited 4dr Wagon (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
35 of 41 people found this review helpful
Purchased used in 2011 with 32,000 miles, for road trips, which it excelled at. Noticed that the driver's side of the second row bench seat did not want to fold. Found that spraying silicone lube in the mechanisim and then exercising it weekly kept it working. The tach would go nuts from time to time, reading 500-1000rpm too high, or 500rpm too low. Ford seems to have expected this and built in a mechanism to rezero the tach and speedo. 25 seconds after the engine is shut off, both the tach and speedo needles swing counterclockwise for a moment, then return. When the tach went nuts, up to three start stop cycles, to provoke the rezero process, would correct it.
Safety!
fordcrap1, 04/01/2013
2008 Ford Taurus X SEL 4dr Wagon (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
21 of 24 people found this review helpful
I am the original owner. I got a powersteering failure when it reached 38000 miles, immediately after 3 year/36000 miles warranty.I had it fixed with $850 from Ford Dealer with OEM parts. Six months later, power steering failed again with the exact same problem. Not recommended.