NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2017 Ford Taurus has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 44
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Ford Taurus
Structure: exterior trim
- Campaign
- 25V611000
- Reported
- September 12, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 101,944
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018–2019 Taurus
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 20V072000
- Reported
- February 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 211,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016, 2018 Taurus, 2 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 18V141000
- Reported
- March 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,100
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Taurus
Steering
- Campaign
- 17V530000
- Reported
- August 28, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 253
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2017 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 44 owner complaints about the 2017 Ford Taurus, the newest on July 29, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2017 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the structure (16%) and the engine (9%).
1 of the 2017 Ford Taurus's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 32,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Unknown Or Other9
- Structure7
- Engine4
- Exterior Lighting4
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ford Taurus peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 13. 32% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Ford Taurus drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 18th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Ford Taurus years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 44 complaints about the 2017 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2017 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted