NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2001 Ford Taurus has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 15, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 1,037
- Crashes reported
- 92
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2001 Ford Taurus
Suspension: front: springs: coil springs
- Campaign
- 04V332000
- Reported
- July 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 899,060
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Taurus, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V106000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 938,789
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Taurus, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 02V266000
- Reported
- October 2, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 369,614
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Taurus, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Taurus, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V144000
- Reported
- April 27, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,567
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: tail lights: switch
- Campaign
- 01V078000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 157,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Taurus, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: back up lights
- Campaign
- 01V048000
- Reported
- February 28, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Taurus
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 00V396000
- Reported
- November 28, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 495,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 00V240000
- Reported
- August 24, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,961
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2007 Taurus, 2 other models
2001 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,037 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Taurus, the newest on April 15, 2025. Of these, 92 describe a crash (9%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 80 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the suspension (50%), followed by the vehicle speed control (10%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (8%).
1 of the 2001 Ford Taurus's 10 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2001 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (696 complaints), the median was 72,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension515
- Vehicle Speed Control99
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic86
- Air Bags66
- Engine And Engine Cooling60
- Power Train58
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 41 | |
| 2002 | 95 | |
| 2003 | 74 | |
| 2004 | 110 | |
| 2005 | 124 | |
| 2006 | 140 | |
| 2007 | 94 | |
| 2008 | 94 | |
| 2009 | 63 | |
| 2010 | 58 | |
| 2011 | 27 | |
| 2012 | 37 | |
| 2013 | 21 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Taurus peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 140. 31% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Taurus drew 4.1× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Ford Taurus years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 1,037 complaints about the 2001 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 15, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted