2009 Ford Taurus Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2009 Ford Taurus. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 77 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the engine and engine cooling. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
18
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
10
3crashes1injuries
AIR BAGS
6
6crashes8injuries
ENGINE
6
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
4
1fires
SERVICE BRAKES
4
POWER TRAIN
3
1crashes
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
2
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
2
Total complaints77

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“Every couple weeks when driving slowly around a corner, the brakes will all of a sudden come on & stop my car. If I had anyone behind me, I would have had several collisions, by now. My mechanic has looked at the brakes, wheels, etc., & cannot find the problem. I am very concerned about this…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2023-08-16

“Every couple weeks when driving slowly around a corner, the brakes will all of a sudden come on & stop my car. If I had anyone behind me, I would have had several collisions, by now. My mechanic has looked at the brakes, wheels, etc., & cannot find the problem. I am very concerned about this…”

WHEELS · reported 2023-08-16

“Every couple weeks when driving slowly around a corner, the brakes will all of a sudden come on & stop my car. If I had anyone behind me, I would have had several collisions, by now. My mechanic has looked at the brakes, wheels, etc., & cannot find the problem. I am very concerned about this…”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2023-08-16

“Car shop replaced front suspension struts 1/23/19. I told owner that made the clunking noise ever worse. Kevin said well, your car needs lower control arms, bushings, &engine mount. Had that done by same car shop on 9/16/2019. I told kevin that did not take care of clunking noise. I took car to an…”

SUSPENSION · reported 2022-06-29

“On 4 separate occassions, my 2009 ford taurus limited automatic transmission dropped out of gear while I was accelerating slowly away from a stop the times they have occurred is from a stop sign into traffic. It dropped out of gear at about 5 mph and made a growling noise. . I put my foot on the…”

POWER TRAIN · reported 2022-04-21

“While driving my 2009 ford taurus 83,000m the breaks hard stop on its own, it was hard enough that if me and my passenger was not wearing our seat belts it would have smashed his face into the dash and my face into my steering wheel, we were on a side street turning left and as I was accelerating…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2020-11-08

“While driving my 2009 ford taurus 83,000m the breaks hard stop on its own, it was hard enough that if me and my passenger was not wearing our seat belts it would have smashed his face into the dash and my face into my steering wheel, we were on a side street turning left and as I was accelerating…”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2020-11-08

“While driving my 2009 ford taurus 83,000m the breaks hard stop on its own, it was hard enough that if me and my passenger was not wearing our seat belts it would have smashed his face into the dash and my face into my steering wheel, we were on a side street turning left and as I was accelerating…”

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING · reported 2020-11-08
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2009 Ford Taurus as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.