Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-04-10 | 06V119000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | 19 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Intermittent accelerator sticking. After lifting foot from accelerator to prepare for braking/stopping the car continue… |
| 2023-06-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed and… |
| 2022-10-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Vehicle is now on 2nd transmission the original transmission failed around 60000 miles Ford originally put a brand new … |
| 2022-07-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Throttle stuck and vehicle accelerated out of control. Had to brake hard and turn off engine to prevent crash. Speed Co… |
| 2022-06-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car engine accelerate on own. Tac meter shows over 3,000 RPM when I put it in neutral. I have to tap the accelerator an… |
| 2022-06-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle failed to slow … |
| 2022-03-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Splines on Torque converter stripped out causing vehicle to just rev up and slow down to a stop. Car never moved again… |
| 2022-02-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | Fatal accident involving the Death of a loved one |
| 2021-11-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | I was in an accident on Nov12,2021 and the air bag did not deploy. My front end was completely damaged. |
| 2021-03-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE THROTTLE STICKS OPEN AND THE ENGINE REVS HIGH MAKING IT HARD TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE IS HOL… |
| 2021-01-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PERIODICALLY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO, PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AJAR ON DASHBOARD ON ALL THE TIME … |
| 2020-10-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE QUICKLY ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN OPERATING WHILE IN MOTION |
| 2020-01-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | IN COLD WEATHER THE DOOR LATCHES FREEZE AND WILL NOT LATCH THIS IS THE SECOND 2006 FORD TAURUS I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS D… |
| 2019-01-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS IT INCREASES TO 40-60 MPH HIGH RPM IN NEUTRAL OR PARK WHILE DRIVING… |
| 2018-10-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING OVER 45MPH THE ACCELERATOR STICKS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES . IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE I WA… |
| 2018-07-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON A 2-LANE HIGHWAY WITH A RELATIVELY STEEP DOWNHILL GRADE. I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING EVEN … |
| 2018-05-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THE THROTTLE CABLE GOT STUCK WITH THE CRUISE CABLE AND THE RPM RAISED TO 5000 AND DOESN'T C… |
| 2018-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE … |
| 2018-01-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. WH… |
| 2018-01-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING & THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL THE ACCELERATOR TOOK OFF BY ITSELF L… |
| 2017-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY SOLD MY VEHICLE WITH A LIFE-THREATENING DESIGN DEFECT IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS DESIGN DEFECT COMP… |
| 2017-10-14 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 2/15/17- WHILE COASTING UP-HILL WITH FOOT NOT ON THE GAS, CAR ACCELERATED TO OVER 4,000 RPM ALL BY ITSELF, BRAKING WAS … |
| 2017-08-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AROUND 6PM I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET (25 MILES SPEED), IN MOTION, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUST TURNED OFF… |
| 2017-08-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND, ON A CITY STREET, APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WITH A STOP SIGN. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES,… |
| 2017-06-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY CAR, SINCE 130K MILES ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN...WHEN I PUT IN NEUTRAL AND HIT GAS IT REVS TO 5 AND THEN NORMALIZES. #… |
| 2017-06-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND AND TH… |
| 2017-04-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS DRIVING NORMALLY WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF AN ISSUE PRIOR. AFTER A STOP AT A LIGHT, CAR PROCEEDED TO DISENG… |
| 2017-01-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKER… |
| 2017-01-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ACCELERATOR STICKS. CAR FAILED TO DE-ACCELERATE SEVERAL TIMES. ONCE, COMING TO STOP SIGN AND ENGINE KEPT RACING. OCCA… |
| 2016-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT'S FOOT WAS RELEASED FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE I… |
| 2016-08-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 40 MPH ON ITS … |
| 2016-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAR HESITATES DURING OPERATION USUALLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY AND HAS EVEN STOPPED RUNNING COMPLETELY BUT WILL RESTA… |
| 2016-07-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ON THE AFTERNOON OF SUNDAY, JULY 24TH, 2016, OUR 2006 FORD TAURUS BEGAN ACCELERATING OUT OF CONTROL ON ITS OWN ACCORD W… |
| 2016-06-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE GAS PEDAL STICKS TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR, THE CRUISE CONTROL COMES ON, AND THE CAR WILL JUST TAKE OFF.… |
| 2016-04-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES FAIL… |
| 2016-03-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE I… |
| 2016-03-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACC… |
| 2016-03-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CAR IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ACCELERATOR STICKS AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF. ON HIGHWAY AND STREET. CRUISE CONTROL IS OFF.… |
| 2016-03-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CAR ACCELERATED WITH BRAKES APPLIED,THIS CORRECTED ITSELF THEN REPEATED 3 MORE TIMES. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC DISCOVERE… |
| 2016-03-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES UNDERNEATH … |
| 2016-01-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT THE ACCE… |
| 2016-01-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK EITHER WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOW OR AFTER I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFF… |
| 2016-01-16 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THROTTLE STICKS AND VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNCONTROLLABLY AND UNPREDICTABLY. I BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION T… |
| 2016-01-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SUDDEN EXCELERATION WITHOUT USING THE GAS PEDAL , ENGINE PULLING RPM AND REVVING, SUCH AS WHEN IN PARK. DRIVING VEHICLE… |
| 2016-01-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH WINDOWS GOING BACK UP I REPLACED THE MAIN SWITCH FOR ALL WINDOWS BUT STILL DID NOT WORK TOOK AGAIN TO ELE… |
| 2015-12-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | RECENTLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CRUISE CONTROL COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT I WAS SLOWING FOR A RED … |
| 2015-10-21 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THE CONTACT… |
| 2015-09-29 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH UP A HILL, ANOTHER V… |
| 2015-09-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN GETTING IN CAR VEHICLE ACCELERATES BY ITSELF, CAN GO TO 50 MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS PETAL. EVEN WHEN BRAKING RMP I… |
| 2015-09-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SO NOW WHEN I TRY TO REVERSE MY CAR DOESN'T MOVE AND IF I HIT THE GAS THE ENGINE JUST RAMS UP AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE.I … |