Recall Register

2006 Ford Taurus: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2006 Ford Taurus. The newest campaign is 06V119000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Apr 2006. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel. NHTSA has 318 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 06V119000, in the NHTSA record

The fleet customer was notified and all vehicles have been repaired. The recall began on april 28, 2006.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 199,961 units in total.

  1. 06V119000Received . 19 units.

    Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain passenger vehicles built for one specific fleet customer were modified for optional hands-free cellular phone operating capability. To provide this functionality, a special overlay wire harness was installed that inadvertently did not include the circuits for passenger air bag deactivation indicator (padi) lamp function. As a result, these vehicles do not comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection.'
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The padi lamp will fail to illuminate and the air bag warning lamp in the cluster will stay illuminated.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The fleet customer was notified and all vehicles have been repaired. The recall began on april 28, 2006.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 06C13. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 05V520000Received . 199,942 units.

    Visibility / Windshield Wiper/Washer / Motor

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain trucks, passenger cars and sport utility vehicles, the windshield wiper motor may have been produced without grease being applied to the output shaft gear.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    After a period of continuous use on the high speed setting, lack of grease on the output shaft gear may cause the gear to distort or fracture during operation resulting in a loss of wiper function. Inoperative wipers under inclement weather conditions could cause a crash due to impaired visibility.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect the wiper motor for the presence of grease and grease the wiper motor gears if necessary. The recall began on november 22, 2005. Owners may contact ford at 1-800-392-3673 or lincoln/mercury at 1-800-521-4140.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 05S40. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

318 complaints, 415 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2006 Ford Taurus
  • All 2006 vehicles
2006 Ford Taurus: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2006 TaurusAll 2006 vehiclesTaurus, all yearsMentions
Vehicle Speed Control436.144.188.7181
Power Train79.594126.533
Electrical System62.7109.371.826
Engine57.860.718.224
Air Bags50.6108.137.121
Engine and Engine Cooling45.848.3136.819
Structure36.149.845.315
Service Brakes36.130.68.215
Fuel/Propulsion System28.937.612.912
Service Brakes, Hydraulic26.526.651.611

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 24.

Complaints that report a crash
19
Complaints that report a fire
4
Injuries in the complaints
12
Deaths in the complaints
1
Date of the newest complaint
11 Sep 2024

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2006 Ford Taurus, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2012, with 81 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2006 Ford Taurus
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE12005Preliminary evaluationStuck throttleVehicle Speed Control / Cables7 Mar 201222 Oct 2012

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19770
  2. 19810
  3. 19830
  4. 19840
  5. 19850
  6. 19868
  7. 19878
  8. 19885
  9. 19895
  10. 19906
  11. 19914
  12. 19925
  13. 19936
  14. 19944
  15. 19955
  16. 19966
  17. 19973
  18. 19982
  19. 19995
  20. 20008
  21. 20019
  22. 20023
  23. 20033
  24. 20041
  25. 20050
  26. 20062
  27. 20070
  28. 20081
  29. 20090
  30. 20103
  31. 20114
  32. 20125
  33. 20139
  34. 20145
  35. 20156
  36. 20164
  37. 20174
  38. 20184
  39. 20192

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2006 Ford Taurus: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/taurus/2006/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2006 Ford Taurus?
199,961 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Taurus have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 69 recall campaigns for the Ford Taurus, model years 1977 to 2019. 2 of them name the 2006 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2006 Ford Taurus name most often?
Vehicle Speed Control: 181 of 415 component mentions, or 436.1 per 1,000. For all 2006 vehicles the figure is 44.1 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2006 Ford Taurus open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.