NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2002 Ford Taurus has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 2, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 1,426
- Crashes reported
- 75
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2002 Ford Taurus
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V106000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 938,789
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Taurus, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 03V087000
- Reported
- March 10, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 67,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 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 2000–2001 Taurus, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2007 Taurus, 2 other models
2002 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,426 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford Taurus, the newest on May 10, 2026. Of these, 75 describe a crash (5%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 44 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the suspension (67%), followed by the visibility (7%) and the vehicle speed control (5%).
1 of the 2002 Ford Taurus's 4 recalls also concerns the visibility.
Where 2002 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (1,229 complaints), the median was 80,473 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension962
- Visibility98
- Vehicle Speed Control76
- Structure54
- Engine And Engine Cooling53
- Air Bags47
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 30 | |
| 2003 | 53 | |
| 2004 | 57 | |
| 2005 | 71 | |
| 2006 | 105 | |
| 2007 | 164 | |
| 2008 | 245 | |
| 2009 | 180 | |
| 2010 | 212 | |
| 2011 | 123 | |
| 2012 | 65 | |
| 2013 | 37 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford Taurus peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 245. 15% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Taurus drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 4th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Ford Taurus years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 1,426 complaints about the 2002 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted