Re: Brakes on Taurus, 3.0 V6 Duratech vs Vulcan Group: alt.autos.ford Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2003, 8:55pm (EST-1) From: snipped-for-privacy@united.net (Jason=A0Carter) I think the reason is that the Vulcan has a different tranny than the Duratec. There has been some concern posted here about the fact that the Duratec tranny dosn't slow the car down as quicky when you take your foot off the gas as the Vulcans tranny does. The end result being that you have to use the brakes more with a Duratec. Eric
Amen to that...I have a 99 with the Duratec and the car never seemed to want to slow down after letting off the gas. My brakes were worn out at around 20,000. I took it in under warranty about the deceleration problem, they replaced the idle air control valve and turned my brakes and put new pads on. They reprogrammed the PCM also. This helped some but I think it is just the nature of this car. It was just hard getting used to the way this car acts.