MAKE SURE THE WIRE DIDN'T COME DISCOBNBNECTED.
Check your brake lights,if they are not working it could be your brake light switch or a fuse.If you have no current to your brake lights you will have no current to your shifter release solenoid.If that's not it,could be release solenoid itself.
Blend door actuator failure.
On a 2002 Ford Taurus : You could have the gear shift lever up by the steering wheel or by the floor console for your automatic transmission And , if you mean the automatic transaxle ( transmission ) fluid level dipstick , it is near the firewall between the engine and the brake fluid reservoir in the engine compartment
It could very well be the catalatic convertor on the engine. Have it checked out.
Depending on the vehicle, a faulty VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) could affect the automatic transmission shift points.
That or the thermostat.
It could mean Automatic Data Processing, that is, using a computer for working with data.
It could be low of ATF automatic transmssion fluid. Check it. The pump could have failed also.
There could be several things wrong with the 2006 Taurus. The car may need transmission fluid or even a new transmission.
my transmission is not shifting on my 2005 Ford Taurus what could be the problem
If your gear shift is freezing it could be because your clutch is not longer working. If you have an automatic then your transmission may be slipping.
There could be a number of reasons why the automatic stick will not go into gear on a 2006 Ford Taurus.A few of the things could be a bad shifter, low transmission fluid, or even a bad tranny.