NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2006 Ford Taurus has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 10, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 318
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Ford Taurus
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 06V119000
- Reported
- April 10, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Ford Taurus
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 05V520000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 199,942
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005, 2007 Taurus, 2 other models
2006 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 318 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford Taurus, the newest on September 11, 2024. Of these, 19 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (55%), followed by the power train (10%) and the electrical system (8%).
1 of the 2006 Ford Taurus's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2006 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (272 complaints), the median was 86,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control176
- Power Train32
- Electrical System25
- Engine24
- Air Bags21
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 25 | |
| 2012 | 81 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford Taurus peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 81. 15% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Ford Taurus drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 11th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 318 complaints about the 2006 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 11, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted