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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2007 Ford Taurus Recalls

The 2007 Ford Taurus has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
149

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
8

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2007 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2007 Ford Taurus

Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads

Campaign
16E026000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001–2006 Taurus, 2 other models

16E026000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2007 Ford Taurus complaints by year

NHTSA has received 149 owner complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus, the newest on January 3, 2023. Of these, 8 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 6 injuries.

In complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (37%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine and engine cooling (15%).

The 2007 Ford Taurus's only recall does not concern the vehicle speed control.

Where 2007 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (129 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Vehicle Speed Control55
  • Electrical System29
  • Engine And Engine Cooling22
  • Power Train16
  • Service Brakes8
  • Structure8

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20061
20073
20089
200912
20108
20117
201225
201316
201422
201511
20168
20178
20189
20192
20204
20211
20222
20231

Complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 25. 22% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Ford Taurus drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 16th highest of the 18 ranked years.

That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Ford Taurus years.

Ford Taurus years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 3/5

The 149 complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Ford Taurus by model year

Other 2007 Ford models

Newest record on this page: January 3, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted