# Taurus slips out of Drive when at a stoplight **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/taurus-slips-out-of-drive-when-at-a-stoplight/66483 "2011-07-22T16:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ksnathome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@ksnathome](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ksnathome)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/taurus-slips-out-of-drive-when-at-a-stoplight/66483/1 "2011-07-22T16:16:48Z")
Our 1998 Taurus slips out of Drive occasionally when stopped at a stoplight. It is an automatic, and we shift it into Park,then back into Drive, and it will go again. This is intermittant so far. Is the transmission kaput? Any other things to check out? ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/taurus-slips-out-of-drive-when-at-a-stoplight/66483/2 "2011-07-22T18:34:20Z")
Have you properly checked your transmission fluid level? ---
**Author:** ![eraser1998](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6de8d8/32.png) [@eraser1998](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eraser1998)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/taurus-slips-out-of-drive-when-at-a-stoplight/66483/3 "2011-07-22T19:43:40Z")
Could be a transmission range sensor issue, too - those were far more common than actual transmission failures on the Gen III Tauruses, and FAR, FAR, FAR cheaper, too… ---
**Author:** ![ksnathome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@ksnathome](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ksnathome)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/taurus-slips-out-of-drive-when-at-a-stoplight/66483/4 "2011-07-22T20:54:24Z")
We had the transmission fluid and filter changed in May; it seemed to help a little for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Cherokeeboogieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@Cherokeeboogieman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cherokeeboogieman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/taurus-slips-out-of-drive-when-at-a-stoplight/66483/5 "2011-07-24T05:34:05Z")
We’ve run into quite a few Tauruses & Sables at our shop with worn shifter links that connect to the shift cable on top of the transmission. There’s a plastic grommet that wears out. This might just be your problem.