Only if it did it within the warranty period - which both of these Tauri did. I'm also using the experience that my client with the company car fleet had with Tauri in his service, but that's secondhand and not something I observed directly.
Recall search (NHTSA.dot.gov)
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/RecallSearch.cfm
Talk about splitting hairs! :)
BTW, did they go to the same mechanic? I can't tell you how many times I've seen mechanics take some symptom and contort it to what they've seen in the past with no regard to the facts of the present, knowing the fool paying the bill will be none the wiser.
For example, I *HAVE* seen mechanics call for the replacement of a Taurus transmission (not mine, which has been perfectly reliable) when in fact the transmission range sensor was bad (a more common problem on specific 96+ model years, but by no means rampant). The symptoms are VERY similar to a bad transmission, but the repair cost varies by a huge amount ($100 vs. $2-3k).