Ford Taurus X

Owners filed 164 complaints across 2 model years of the Ford Taurus X. The 2008 drew the most (153).

Model years2
Complaints164
Recalls2
Fires4
Deaths0

Which Ford Taurus X years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Ford Taurus X model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Ford Taurus X model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200911
1—3Power TrainRoutine
2008153
144SteeringRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.