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Anonymous Posted on Jun 29, 2012

Ford taurus will not engage in reverse or forward

Changed my master brake cylinder and went to check the my brakes and everything seem to work fine. A few minutes later went to move my car and the transmission will not engage into gear. Will shift fine but no engae. Have tried fuses and disconnecting the battery. No success, will shift sensors cause this my high gear and low gear sensors need to be replaced

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Well, yes the solenoids would cause the transaxle to not function right.
Are you sure the trans is not engaging, or are the brakes locked on ?
You say it shifts fine, you mean you can move the shift lever ?

  • Anonymous Jun 30, 2012

    yes the shfter shifts fine but I can roll it when it is in gear as if all gears are netural and yet the back up lights light up in reverse and goes off when taken out of reverse. Thanks I will check my solenoids.

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SOURCE: 1999 Ford Taurus- 135,000 miles on the odometer.

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SOURCE: 1999 Ford Taurus, replaced leaking master

There is a special tool required to bleed the brakes, it plugs into the ABS hydraulic control under the hood and holds the ABS valves open to remove the trapped air during bleeding, u will need to have the dealer bleed the brakes, they are most likely the only ones that will have this special too, but u can try an outside shop, I am sure Snap on tools makes this tool in the aftermarket tool catagory..

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SOURCE: I have a 1966 Falcon that has a C4 transmission issue no reverse

Readjust the band, I have ran into this same problem with another C-4.Found the reverse spool valve was sticking in the valve body. Hopes this helps.

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  • Posted on Jun 21, 2010

SOURCE: I got a 98 ford taurus and the car starts fine it

There is a small wire broken that is attatched to the pedal. Not that hard to replace or repair.

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