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Ford Taurus

Every Ford Taurus model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years46626 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years52015 to 2019

Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins418Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 276, 59% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Back-over prevention leads the Ford Taurus complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Back-over prevention

105

Fuel system

Engine and cooling

Steering

Electrical system

Structure

Powertrain

Suspension

Airbags

Speed control

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Ford Taurus model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ford Taurus by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2019	Sedan	16	6.3	119	2	55
2018	Sedan	49	8.2	408	4	75
2017	Sedan	44	2.3	259	4	102
2016	Sedan	81	6.2	579	4	111
2015	Sedan	276	5.4	1,725	6	75

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford Taurus

25V-695 Oct 13, 2025
Rearview camera may display a distorted, intermittent, or blank image when the vehicle is in reverse
Back-over prevention · 1.45M vehicles
25V-611 Sep 12, 2025
Driver and front passenger B-Pillar door trim may detach while driving
Structure · 102k vehicles
20V-692 Nov 10, 2020
Support bracket for the front drive axle halfshaft may fail
Powertrain · 16k vehicles
20V-072 Feb 10, 2020
Rear suspension toe links may fracture due to stress on the rear suspension
Suspension · 211k vehicles
18V-141 Mar 1, 2018
Keys for these vehicles may be able to be removed from the ignition when transmission is not in the PARK position
Powertrain · 2,100 vehicles
17V-530 Aug 28, 2017
Steering gear heat shield fasteners may corrode, allowing the heat shield to detach
Steering · 253 vehicles
16V-925 Dec 22, 2016
Improperly brazed turbocharger oil supply tubes may leak oil on engine components
Engine and cooling · 1,163 vehicles
16V-621 Aug 25, 2016
Component within the fuel pump electric module (PEM) may overheat causing a loss of electrical power to the fuel pump
Fuel system · 78k vehicles
15V-605 Sep 28, 2015
During vehicle production, the fuel tank attachment bolts may not have been properly tightened
Fuel system · 203 vehicles
15V-464 Jul 24, 2015
Affected vehicles have a parking brake that may not fully engage when applied
Brakes · 7,165 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.