NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2008 Ford Taurus has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 175
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 Ford Taurus
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V247000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 695
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Taurus, 4 other models
2008 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 175 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford Taurus, the newest on January 30, 2026. Of these, 19 describe a crash (11%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the power train (25%), followed by the steering (20%) and the vehicle speed control (18%).
The 2008 Ford Taurus's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2008 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (162 complaints), the median was 65,120 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train44
- Steering35
- Vehicle Speed Control32
- Engine20
- Air Bags15
- Electrical System13
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford Taurus peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 21. 26% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Taurus drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 13th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 175 complaints about the 2008 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: January 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted