# 2002 Ford Taurus - starts but doesn’t go

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-starts-but-doesn-t-go/152910>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, taurus\
**Created:** [November 16, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-starts-but-doesn-t-go/152910 "2019-11-16T23:28:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JeanelleRutledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@JeanelleRutledge](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JeanelleRutledge)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-starts-but-doesn-t-go/152910/1 "2019-11-16T23:28:11Z")

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Engine works but press the gas and nothing happens.

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-starts-but-doesn-t-go/152910/2 "2019-11-18T13:52:56Z")

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Is your transmission fluid at the right level? Is the color good?

Have you maintained the transmission according to your maintenance schedule?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-starts-but-doesn-t-go/152910/3 "2019-11-18T14:00:43Z")

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> [@JeanelleRutledge](#):
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> press the gas and nothing happens.

What–exactly–does that mean?  
Do you mean that pressing the gas doesn’t cause the engine to increase its speed?  
or  
Do you mean that you can hear the engine “revving”, but that the car doesn’t move?

If it is the latter case, then you should focus on _lion9car’s_ comments regarding the transmission.