Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-11-07 | 86V148000 |
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE | 631 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | 1987 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES SUB FRAME BOTH LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT END BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING *TGW… |
| 2005-10-09 | PARKING BRAKE | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE 1987 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON EXPERIENCED A VERY VIOLENT ACCELERATION. WHILE DRIVING … |
| 2004-11-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT AND FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT OF MY 1987 FORD TAURUS, I WENT HEAD FIRST INTO THE WINDSHIELD, MY KN… |
| 2003-08-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | FAILURE OF IGNITION SWITCH AND PLUG ASSEMBLY DUE TO OVERHEATING. SWITCH MELTED AND SO DID PLUG ASSEMBLY. THIS SAME REP… |
| 2003-03-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I AM DRIVING AND MY CAR STOPS RUNNING. IT JUST DIES, I PUT IT IN PARK AND IT STARTS AGAIN. THIS IS DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY… |
| 2001-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, AND IGNITION MODULE HAD FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE… |
| 2001-08-03 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | SEAT BELTS CAME APART AND FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SIDE. |
| 2001-06-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING FOR A MILE, PARKED VEHICLE AND MINUTES LATER FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. DEALER NOR FIRE DEPAR… |
| 2001-05-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF A MALL IN A PARKING LOT. CONSUMER DIDN'T TURN VEHICLE ON, AND THERE WERE FLAMES AND SP… |
| 2001-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN FOOT IS PUT ON GAS PEDAL ENGINE RISES UP. DLR SAID IT NEEDED MOTOR MOUNTS.*AK |
| 2001-01-22 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE AND NOTICED THAT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM … |
| 2000-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL . *AK THE CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE THE IGNITION MODULE FAILUR… |
| 2000-07-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER'S SHOP, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK … |
| 2000-05-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT. *AK |
| 2000-05-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIP AND THEN WENT OUT AND NOW CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT. *NLM |
| 1999-11-25 | TIRES | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT RESULTING IN VEHICLE DAMAGE.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) YH |
| 1999-09-12 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL LETTER98V323000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98S36 FOR THE SUBFRAME REAR PLATE NUT NEEDING TO… |
| 1999-08-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT SPEEDS OF 20MPH AND LESS. THE DEALER HAS REPLACE AIR BYPASS VALVE GASKET, AND THROTTLE… |
| 1999-08-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TFI MODULE WENT OUT AND COST ME A LOT OF MONEY AND TOWING SERVICE AND RUINED MY BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET … |
| 1999-08-07 | TIRES | No | 0 | THERE ARE CREASES IN EACH OF MY TWO FRONT TIRES. THE DEALER CLAIMS THEY ARE NORMAL, BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THEY REALLY A… |
| 1999-07-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE AFTER BEING APPLIED. WHEN WAITING AT STOP LIGHT & WOULD START TO GO, VEHICLE WOUL… |
| 1999-07-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES ARE HAZY, DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT EVEN WITH HIGH BEAMS; INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES KEEP BREAKING, EXTE… |
| 1999-06-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURT… |
| 1999-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE FAILS TO START WHEN IGNITION IS ENGAGED. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER, 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. WAS … |
| 1999-04-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING PRIOR TO ENGINE FIRE. MJS |
| 1999-03-26 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SUBFRAME REAR PLATE NUT RECALL WORK PERFORMED, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER PICKED VEHICLE… |
| 1999-03-26 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN DOING FIVE MPH, RACK PINION STEERING BROKE, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING FLUID TO LEAK OUT, A… |
| 1999-03-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER STATE'S THE FRONT SEAT BELT IS BROKE AND THE TIE ROD FELL OFF. |
| 1999-02-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, WHEN MAKING ANY TYPE OF SHARP TURN, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE CO… |
| 1999-02-20 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TWO MOUNTING BOLTS FOR FRONT SUB-FRAME REAR CORNER WERE SPLIT BREAK FROM THE STRESS. |
| 1999-02-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL WOULD ENGAGE ON ITS OWN & PICK UP SPEED. FOOT NOT ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PROBLEM GETTING WORSE. HORN KEE… |
| 1999-02-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP FOR A RECALL SERVICE, AND WHEN CONSUMER CAME BACK TO PICK UP VEHICLE, HE NOTICED A LEAKAG… |
| 1999-02-11 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V32300. THE SUBFRAME MOUNTS FAILED AND STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A … |
| 1999-02-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING AT 5 MPH THE STEERING WENT OUT, AND CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE JUST STOPPED.*AK |
| 1999-02-10 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 0 | THE BRACKET THAT ANCHORS THE LEFT FRONT 6-WAY POWER SEAT TO THE CHASIS HAS BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE PREVIOUS OCC… |
| 1999-02-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | DEALER REFUSED TO PERFPRM RECALL 98S36 ON REAR LOWER SUBMOUNT PLATE NUT. |
| 1999-01-10 | SEATS | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT CORNER OF SEAT TRACK BROKE WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR. THUS THE SEAT ROCKS AND IS NOT STABLE. DEALAR CONTACTED,… |
| 1999-01-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED (98V-323,SUB-FRAME MOUNTS), HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. |
| 1999-01-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | RECALL REPAIRS ON (98V-323) NOT COMPLETED DUE TO SCHEDULING PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP. MJS |
| 1998-12-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. DEALER STATED FUEL TANK WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER TO T… |
| 1998-12-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE REAR DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR HANDLES BROKE. DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.… |
| 1998-12-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | METAL PART OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CLIP FELL OUT DURING SUDDEN BRAKING ALMOST RESULTING IN INJURY. |
| 1998-11-24 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CRADLE MOUNTS BROKE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS. |
| 1998-11-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN CONSUMERS DRIVEWAY. REASON UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, CONSUMER WILL ATTACH A COPY OF … |
| 1998-11-12 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | ARE ANY OF THESE PARTS COVERED IN THESE RECALL ID#'S (PARTS #'S FD E6P2/5A3641A SUBFRAME, FD5400396/A ABS ASY-F, FD5400… |
| 1998-11-12 | SEATS | No | 0 | BRACKET ON THE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD AND FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE THE CONSUMER IS D… |
| 1998-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING,TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE. CONSUMER REPLACED TR… |
| 1998-10-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, AND VEHICLE CUTS OFF AND STALLS. *… |
| 1998-09-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | PLASTIC DOOR AND WINDOW HANDLES BREAK TOO EASILY. HEADLIGHT REFLECTOR FADED CAUSING DIMMER HEADLIGHTS. |
| 1998-09-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ALMOST EVERY YEAR LIKE CLOCK WORK SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 92, AND THE PERSON WHO SOLD … |