KnownCarProblems2006 Ford Taurus Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 318 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Ford Taurus, most often about the speed control (55% of complaints, typically around 91,000 miles). It is 8th of 20 Taurus model years by number of complaints and has 2 recalls.
Most common 2006 Ford Taurus problems
Speed control
176 complaints · 55%Half of these problems showed up before 91,000 miles. Parts named most often: accelerator pedal, cables, cruise control, throttle.
I currently own a 2006 Ford Taurus with approximately 91,000 miles. Recently, the vehicle began to accelerate on it's own as if the gas pedal is stuck. The problem began after the vehicle's cruise control stopped working. The problem with self acceleration is occurring daily at this point. "stomping" the accelerator…
When driving, the vehicle would not decelerate when pressure was taken off the accelerator pedal. This typically occurred around 55 MPH. It felt as if the cruise control was on, but it was not. When the vehicle would not decelerate on its own, I would apply the brake to come to a complete stop. When I would stop, the…
Engine
43 complaints · 14%Half of these problems showed up before 92,500 miles. Parts named most often: engine, exhaust system.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle would exhibit a loud noise when starting. In addition, the vehicle would also stall sporadically and without warning, the air bag warning light was illuminated and the headlights would continuously deactivate. Neither the dealer nor the…
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 MPH and the accelerator pedal was released, the engine rpms increased without warning. The contact shifted the vehicle in neutral and the rpms increased over 4000. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was…
Transmission
32 complaints · 10%Half of these problems showed up before 87,000 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission, driveline.
While driving to faa class in the morning about 7:30. My car(2006 years Ford Taurus, 86,000miles) stopped on the road(104th westboud 100yards from s.penn avenue). And policeman pushed my car with his car off the road . I called geico who then towed it to the service center. The diagnosis was transmission failure and…
After stopping for a traffic light I tried to proceed and, after reaching roughly 25 miles per hour, forward progress stopped and the engine revved freely. The transmission had completely failed with no ability to move the car. Luckily I was at a low speed and could safely get out of the way of unsuspecting traffic.…
Brakes
26 complaints · 8%Half of these problems showed up before 70,000 miles. Parts named most often: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip, foundation components, disc.
The car suddenly began to accelerate and was difficult to stop. I put it in neutral after I got to a place where I could park. The engine accelerated to 3000 RPM and I turned off the ignition. I attempted to start the car again and engine again rose to 3000 RPM. I checked to see that the accelerator was not stuck to…
I was driving on the highway at approximately 80mph with the cruise control on when I decided to exit the highway to go to a gas station. At the time the light was green so I maintained speed but slowed gradually. The light turned yellow and I tried to speed up a little bit. The light quickly turned red. I slammed on…
Electrical
25 complaints · 8%Half of these problems showed up before 82,000 miles. Parts named most often: instrument cluster/panel, ignition.
While driving the car loses power and you have to coast to a safe place to stop. After a few minutes it starts back up and runs fine. This has happened 6 times. 2 dealerships, 2 replaced fuel pumps and modules, 1 replaced processor and battery later its still doing the same thing! Now the Ford dealership says they…
Started with just ABS and "check brake system" light coming on. Escalated to shutting the car totally off while driving freeway speeds. Part of the driving was at night and the lights turned off also making it difficult to pull over and thankfully no one was behind me when it happened. Took it to Ford dealer in yakima…
Air bags
21 complaints · 7%Half of these problems showed up before 72,000 miles. Parts named most often: frontal.
Periodically the passenger side airbag off light comes on. Also, passenger side door ajar on dashboard on all the time which makes dome light stay on and drain battery.
The front airbag sensor on my 2006 Ford Taurus has failed and is outside the vehicle warranty. The dealership refuses to replace the failed sensor at Ford's cost. The airbags have never deployed on the vehicle.
Fuel system
18 complaints · 6%Half of these problems showed up before 92,000 miles. Parts named most often: storage.
Driving the car on a county highway in texas, let off brake to slow down while approaching intersection, car sped up but we avoided accident by pulling off road. Friend came and we observed that while in park with nobody in car, the car's engine would accelerate to over 4,000 RPM, decline to just below 3,000 rpms…
Air bag light on drivers side has been activated for about a year has been checked by a ase garage. They couldn't find a fault code. Cars is surging at different speeds during normal operation. I have had to put car in neutral to kick it down to normal speed then back in to drive mode while moving in traffic.some…
Body and structure
15 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 62,000 miles. Parts named most often: body, frame and members.
I have a 2006 Ford Taurus that is leaking water into the front passenger floor. I notice that there are multiple complaints of this nature. When taking the car to brighton Ford dealer (tom holzer); they refused to even attempt to repair. This should be fixed at the manufacturer's expense. First noticed this problem in…
When there is a heavy rain. Water builds up on the floor boards of the front passenger side of the vehicle. Researching this online I notice that there are many others with similar problems which leads me to believe that this sis a defect rather than a one time thing. The cause of the leak seems to be in the…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2006 Ford Taurus recalls
Electrical: instrument cluster/panel
Risk: The padi lamp will fail to illuminate and the air bag warning lamp in the cluster will stay illuminated.
Fix: The fleet customer was notified and all vehicles have been repaired. The recall began on april 28, 2006.
Full defect summary
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.'
Visibility and wipers: motor
Risk: 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.
Fix: 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.
Full defect summary
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.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Stuck throttle
Summary
Preliminary evaluation (pe)12-005 was opened to investigate allegations of speed control cables detaching from the throttle body and subsequently interfering with the throttle closing fully to the idle position in model year (my) 2005 and 2006 ford taurus vehicles.the speed control cable, throttle body attachment arm (?nail head?) for the speed control cable, cable mounting bracket and cable routing for the my 2005 and 2006 ford taurus are common to all my 2004 through 2006 ford taurus and mercury sable vehicles equipped with either the 155 hp 3.0l 2-valve vulcan engine or the 200 hp 3.0l 4-valve duratec engine (the ?subject vehicles?). Figures 1 and 2 show the throttle body cam and speed co
Questions about the 2006 Ford Taurus
- What are the most common problems with the 2006 Ford Taurus?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: speed control (176 complaints, typically around 91,000 miles); engine (43 complaints, typically around 92,500 miles); transmission (32 complaints, typically around 87,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2006 Ford Taurus have?
- 2 recalls listed by NHTSA, the latest from April 10, 2006 (electrical). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2006 a bad year for the Ford Taurus?
- It is 8th of 20 Taurus model years by number of complaints, with 318 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.