NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2012 Ford Taurus has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 79
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2012 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, 2010–2011 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 2011, 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 2010–2011, 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 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Taurus
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 13V109000
- Reported
- March 27, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,037
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2012 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 79 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Taurus, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 3 a fire.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the steering (22%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the structure (20%).
1 of the 2012 Ford Taurus's 5 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2012 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 41,493 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering17
- Electrical System16
- Structure16
- Exterior Lighting12
- Engine11
- Unknown Or Other6
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Taurus peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 19. 47% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Taurus drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 15th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 79 complaints about the 2012 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted