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1998 Ford Taurus. Deluxe Se Model. Leather Seats & Interior. 100% Reliable on 2040-cars

US $1,800.00
Year:1998 Mileage:256720 Color: with gray leather seats and interior
Location:

Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States

Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States

1998 Ford Taurus SE 4-door sedan.  Deep metalic red exterior with gray leather seats and interior. Climate control A/C:  just set the digital dial to your temperature preference.  Deluxe wheels.

Owners/drivers are non-smokers .  Very clean interior.   Rarely driven on snowy or salty roads

[NOTE:  at the time this ad was placed, eBay had a problem with their picture-loading software:  it loaded the seller's photos in an unpredictable, random sequence, and then blocked the seller from re-sequencing the photos into their correct sequence.  I'll get them into logical order when the software problem is solved.]

Background.   We bought this Taurus for my wife over 10 years ago.  Now, because of surgery and mobiity problems [we are 76 years old], it is too low and sleek for her to enter / exit easily so we have acquired a taller vehicle for her. 

Original owner was a salesman, and the car had about 130,000 miles on it when we bought it.  He indicated that the transmission developed problems just before sale to us, and Ford installed a complete new transmission.    During our 10-year ownership, the transmission has worked flawlessly.

The car has 256K miles, but they were easy miles  -- rarely any passengers and rarely driven over 60 MPH. 

Reliability.  It has been 100% reliable for us. 

Condition. In my judgment, it's in very good condition for its age.  Has a new Pennsylvania safety inspection.  Tires in excellent condition.

Known problems:  [1] tape deck does not work  [never tried to diagnose/repair it];   [2] minor oil leak at the engine-to-transmission connection that drops 1~2 drops per day; and [3] an A/C hose leaks, but genuine Ford hoses are available in $120 range from Rock Auto.

About 5 years ago, I replaced many of steering components:  PS pump, rack and pinion, inner and outer tie rods, etc.  

    

 

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