NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2004 Ford Taurus has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 8, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 375
- Crashes reported
- 36
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Ford Taurus
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 04V330000
- Reported
- July 8, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,277
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003, 2005–2007 Taurus, 2 other models
2004 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 375 owner complaints about the 2004 Ford Taurus, the newest on March 13, 2026. Of these, 36 describe a crash (10%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (44%), followed by the power train (19%) and the electrical system (7%).
None of the 2004 Ford Taurus's 2 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2004 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (315 complaints), the median was 94,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control164
- Power Train72
- Electrical System26
- Engine25
- Air Bags21
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 15 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 25 | |
| 2012 | 89 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 44 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Ford Taurus peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 89. 17% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Taurus drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 9th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 375 complaints about the 2004 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2004 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted