Ford Taurus X
Registered from 2008 to 2009.
Crash test
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 1796 kg · 2870 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 2008 | 1796 kg · 2870 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Tire valve cracking
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2008, closed April 2009.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Ford filed 7 bulletins about the 2009 Taurus X.
- Electrical system: 2
- Engine and engine cooling: 2
- Equipment: 1
- Fuel system, gasoline: 1
- Suspension: 1
- Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with wired keyless entry keypad systems and accessory wireless keyless entry keypad systems may or may not come with a wallet card containing the master code.… · February 2026
- All accessory stick-on keyless entry keypads come with a wallet card containing the master code. If the accessory keypad was factory installed, this card will be placed in the glove box and should be… · May 2024
- This SKU is a Control Arm. The customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect the bushing orientation. If the bushing orientation is incorrect, it will prevent installation of… · April 2021
- In some of the affected vehicles that are operated in high-corrosion environments associated with road salt use, moisture and salt may become trapped under the fuel tank mounting reinforcement… · December 2020
- Ford: there may be a rough idle or misses while the malfunction light is on. there are mutliple possible trouble codes stored. *rm · July 2011
- Ford: if there is an intermittent lack of power, surge, or hesitation while driving the brakes will override acceleration. *rm · July 2011
- Comm-trans lund: some 2009-2011 models may have the air bag inicator flashing with a stored trouble code. this is a software problem. *rm · June 2011
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.