Are these Cars Reliable??

[gerryh]

I see tons of posts on here and FB on how these cars always having something break or go wrong on them. Are these lemons? I have a 2015 and have it tuned and so far it's good. I hear about catch cans and,PTU failures, turbo failures, Clunking noises, computer failures. What kind of reliability do these cars really have?

 

[mybigsho]

For the most part I'd say so.. It all depends on maintenance and how its driven on daily.. I work for a dealer that has a lot
of municipal accounts and yes you see a lot of police cars in the shop.. But there beat on 24/7... Some turbo, ptu, water pump, sensors and so on..
You see very few passenger cars in the shop except for service... I love my 2016 sho.. So far so good...

 

[gerryh]

For the most part I'd say so.. It all depends on maintenance and how its driven on daily.. I work for a dealer that has a lot
of municipal accounts and yes you see a lot of police cars in the shop.. But there beat on 24/7... Some turbo, ptu, sensors and so on..
You see very few passenger cars in the shop except for service... I love my 2016 sho.. So far so good...

Yeah I really like my car. Had it for 7 months and only drive it on weekends. But every time I drive it, even though I have 93 performance 3bar tune on it, I'm always driving it pretty easy cause I'm worried about something breaking.

 

[mybigsho]

I have mine 6 months been to the track 4 times about 16 runs and share driving duties with my f350.. I got 8000 miles on it..

 

[Crazyeights]

I see tons of posts on here and FB on how these cars always having something break or go wrong on them. Are these lemons? I have a 2015 and have it tuned and so far it's good. I hear about catch cans and,PTU failures, turbo failures, Clunking noises, computer failures. What kind of reliability do these cars really have?

I have a 2011 PP stock, except for H&R springs. Its my daily driver with 108,000 miles on it now. Had the PTU unit replaced under warranty at 85K because it was leaking, change all fluids regularly etc. Runs on Shell 93 octane. Plans are to go to 150K and buy another, by then it will probably be a '15 or '16.

 

[krewat]

My 2013 PP was flawless, except the axle shaft recall, and if I had it done when it was first announced, it wouldn't have backed out like it did and cause me to go to the dealer right away to get it fixed. Nor would it have done as much damage and cost Ford so must to fix it (damage was to the extension shaft where the axle fits into)

My 2016, so far, flawless.

It's the Internet. People come to complain or find solutions. Not many people come to say "My car is GREAT!". Same thing with the Ford trucks on ford-trucks.com - if you look at the failure rate of say, blowing plugs out of the heads of the V10's versus the total V10's made, it's so low it's almost nonexistant. But ask the people on the site if they've had one blow, and quite a lot have.

 

[gerryh]

I have a 2011 PP stock, except for H&R springs. Its my daily driver with 108,000 miles on it now. Had the PTU unit replaced under warranty at 85K because it was leaking, change all fluids regularly etc. Runs on Shell 93 octane. Plans are to go to 150K and buy another, by then it will probably be a '15 or '16.

I tuned mine. Was concidering going back to stock. I don't race it. Would like to keep it as long as possible. Had my Mercury Coagar xr7 for 20 years. Hopping to do the same with this SHO

 

[krewat]

Had my Mercury Coagar xr7 for 20 years. Hopping to do the same with this SHO

Same here, the XR7 is coming up on 20 years in April. Just redid the rear suspension bushings, front end was done a few years ago, and it's still running great at a whopping 41K miles.

Really thinking about keeping my 2016 SHO after the lease is up. But I'd tune the bejeezus out of it instead

 

[moonie]

I now have a 2016 nonPP that has about 5K miles on it and it is in the shop currently for an issue with one of the rear seat heaters and squeeling noise in the radiator fan however with my prior 2011 nonPP I put 50K miles on it and the only thing it was in the shop for (other than being rear ended) was to replace the chrome around the tail lights.

 

[JasonoftheRugar]

Ok. I love my car! 2015 with 9500 miles. Was in the shop once only for the H&R springs and re-alignment. Has all the mods. Car screams. Kids love it. Can't wait for spring to bring it back out.

 

[ridered74]

I'm around 143K miles, about a week after I bought the car with just over 102K miles on it, I had to tighten the passenger side bolt that holds the spoiler down. When I bought it, the car fax was three pages of regular oil changes. Don't fear the miles, fear how the previous owner treated the car. Every feature of the car operates exactly as it should, the car drives straight as an arrow and smooth even tho I haven't had an alignment done since I bought it. I've been tuned for the last 35K miles and would not hesitate to drive it across the country without worry. I've seen the same issues and stories you have, but I have yet to see anything other than that one loose bolt on mine.

 

[SHO-MAN]

My 2010 non-PP has 65K with only suspension mods. for the most part I would say the car has been pretty reliable. I have taken the car in for all recalls and required service needs. I have oil change every 3k, only use premium gas (even though dealer tells me its not required) and most importantly, do not let the wife drive or kids eat in the car...
With that said, just within 2016, I had the following repairs completed:

1. Rear sunshade (would not stay down or would rise when car put into reverse) $700.00
2. Starter (would not engage flywheel) $450.00
3. Two (2) fuel injectors (car would hesitate/pre-stall under acceleration) $385.00
4. Some interior module that controls high beams (no High Beams) $200.00
5. All four (4) sun/moon roof drain lines unclogged. (clogged drain lines caused all water to drain into the car. You may not notice until you interior environmental filter gets saturated and shuts down you heating/air-conditioning air flow and your flooring in the front and rear seating area has about a half inch of standing water inside. had to have interior completely removed, including dash and everything dried out.) $1,200.00.

So, except for the above mentioned and other items replaced when the car was under warranty (nothing worth noting since I didn't pay ) I would say for the most part (IMHO) the Ford Taurus SHO, just like your girlfriend or wife, is pretty reliable as long as you take care of it (them) and perform all required maintenance ..

 

[SilverSH0]

I would say it depends on what you call reliable. Do you call something reliable if it won't leave you stranded on the side of the road? If so, I would call them very reliable as most issues I see need fixed but could be driven if required. Or do you think reliable means that things are rarely going to break on the car? If so, I wouldn't call them particularly reliable.

IMO, a modern car should reach 100k miles without any issues or parts breaking. Cars that are 2015, 2016, etc I would certainly hope have had zero issues. For reliability I start looking at the 2010-2013 models and how are they doing (because they're the ones that are getting over 100k miles). I look above and see a 2010 with lower miles and has injectors and starter replaced (wouldn't call that reliable with that low mileage). I have a 2010 that I replaced the rear turbo. That's the only thing that's gone wrong with it, but it also only had 70k miles. Further up there's a 2011 with a replaced PTU. Again a fairly critical component that broke before 100k miles.

I would call my 2003 Grand Cherokee reliable. It has 210k miles and the only thing that's been replaced on the drive line is valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket (both done at over 150k miles). Now it's to the point where I'm replacing ball joints and tie rod ends but at 200k+ miles, I would call that standard maintenance. But I haven't had to replace the transfer case, differentials, transmission, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I love my 2010 SHO and don't expect anything to break on it. I would drive it across the country anytime needed. I expect it to operate flawlessly and always run. But if something does break, I cannot say I would be terribly surprised it broke.

 

[gixxer007]

2014 just hit 175k this week and had very minimal issues to this point. Typical wear and tear items of course and a tranfercase leak but even that was not a big deal thank goodness.
My car is driven by me from 0 miles when I bought it and I do take care of my cars very well.

I do have another one in the garage now with 8k miles waiting for me to retire this one at 200k.

 

[Grouchy]

2014 just hit 175k this week and had very minimal issues to this point. Typical wear and tear items of course and a tranfercase leak but even that was not a big deal thank goodness.
My car is driven by me from 0 miles when I bought it and I do take care of my cars very well.

I do have another one in the garage now with 8k miles waiting for me to retire this one at 200k.

So happy to hear that. Have 45,000 on my 14 and have had no problems. Did change the recall part. That's all so far.