NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2016 Ford Taurus has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 85
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Ford Taurus
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V695000
- Reported
- October 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,448,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2018–2019 Taurus, 9 other models
Structure: exterior trim
- Campaign
- 25V611000
- Reported
- September 12, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 101,944
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 Taurus
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 20V072000
- Reported
- February 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 211,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017–2018 Taurus, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 16V925000
- Reported
- December 22, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,163
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2016 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 85 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Taurus, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the back over prevention (33%), followed by the engine (14%) and the steering (11%).
1 of the 2016 Ford Taurus's 4 recalls also concerns the back over prevention.
Where 2016 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 56,965 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Back Over Prevention28
- Unknown Or Other16
- Engine12
- Steering9
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Electrical System6
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 19 | |
| 2026 | 25 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Taurus peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 25. 16% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford Taurus drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 17th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Ford Taurus years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 85 complaints about the 2016 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted