2018 Ford Taurus
This year drew an ordinary 46 complaints for a Ford Taurus — the model's median is 187. What they were about is the unusual part: 23.9% of them mention local, against 5.1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 46 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 187 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- local — 23.9% of this year's complaints, against 5.1% across the model's other years (4.7×).
- made aware — 28.3% of this year's complaints, against 9.8% across the model's other years (2.9×).
- manufacturer made — 26.1% of this year's complaints, against 8.6% across the model's other years (3×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V611000 (Structure); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that upon further inspection, the front driver’s side B-pillar trim became loose. Several local dealers were conta…
a notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while geared in Reverse, the rearview camera would not display a clear view image as intended on…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V141000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V072000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V611000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V695000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Taurus was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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