NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2011 Ford Taurus has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 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
- 187
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 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 2011 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 2008, 2010, 2012 Taurus, 4 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V340000
- Reported
- June 2, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 393,623
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Taurus, 6 other models
Structure: body: door
- Campaign
- 15V040000
- Reported
- January 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,889
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2013 Taurus, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 14V285000
- Reported
- May 29, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 183,425
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2014 Taurus
2011 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 187 owner complaints about the 2011 Ford Taurus, the newest on December 15, 2025. Of these, 14 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2011 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the engine (21%) and the steering (13%).
1 of the 2011 Ford Taurus's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2011 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (142 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System47
- Engine40
- Steering25
- Power Train18
- Unknown Or Other15
- Exterior Lighting14
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 15 |
Complaints about the 2011 Ford Taurus peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 25. 29% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Ford Taurus drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 10th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 187 complaints about the 2011 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2011 Ford models
Newest record on this page: December 15, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted