KnownCarProblems2007 Ford Taurus Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 149 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Ford Taurus, most often about the speed control (37% of complaints, typically around 99,000 miles). It is 14th of 20 Taurus model years by number of complaints.
Most common 2007 Ford Taurus problems
Speed control
55 complaints · 37%Half of these problems showed up before 99,000 miles. Parts named most often: cruise control.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact removed the floor mats but the failure continued to recur intermittently. The contact stated that she would tap on the accelerator pedal several times in order to stop the…
Paid for a 100,000 mile tune up, new front brakes, etc. One day later it suddenly surged forward right as I was pulling into my driveway. I came close to driving through the closed garage door. Hit the brake hard and the RPM's shot up. I turned off the engine while in park. My husband started the car while in park and…
Electrical
29 complaints · 20%Half of these problems showed up before 55,000 miles. Parts named most often: alternator/generator/regulator, ignition, starter assembly, instrument cluster/panel.
The digital readout on my instrument panel (provides car mileage, avg mileage, trip meter, miles to empty and time) would dime at first until it finally went completely out. When it would dime if I hit the dashboard, it would return to full bright for a while. It would finally go out completely and I could hit the…
Vehicle rough started and was surging and died in the lane of a two lane busy road, had to manually steer the vehicle off the busy road into a driveway until help arrived. Vehicle would not restart for about 30 minutes. The key was then cycled 3 times and the car started. Incident #2 11/25/2013, same scenario, would…
Engine
29 complaints · 20%Half of these problems showed up before 62,000 miles. Parts named most often: exhaust system, engine.
While pulling out of a parking lot the exhaust pipe failed at the manifold connection dropping the entire front of the exhaust, including the catalytic converter to the ground. At a higher speed or with uneven ground this could have caused serious damage or injury. This appears to be a common occurrence with this year…
Bought a 2007 Ford Taurus, have had nothing but problems. Al hendrickson toyota was the dealership. Tires were wearing out every 500 miles, each time they said it was the alignment. Have had many cars in my 40 years of driving. Told them the car must have been in an accident and I wanted another car was refused.. Then…
Transmission
16 complaints · 11%Half of these problems showed up before 61,500 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. The contact stated when he placed the vehicle into drive it would not move. The dealer had not been notified. The manufacturer did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 65,000 and the failure…
"check transmission" has come up three times on display over the past 2 months. I am not sure of the dates of the first 2 incidents but each time I found transmission fluid underneath the car as I drove away. I also found fluid on the engine block after the second incident. I took it to a local mechanic after the…
Fuel system
8 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 85,000 miles.
Car accelerator got stuck at about 4,000 rpms. It would not dislodge until car was forced to stop by maxing pressure on brakes and putting car into 'park'. Research shows that the cruise control cable gets worn and disconnects from the throttle body and can get stuck on the throttle cable disallowing the throttle to…
When going down the street at any speed, the car can just start going faster on its own, going around corners or anytime going down the road. Its getting very dangerous. Most of the time when you tap on the gas pedal, it will break free and go back to normal but sometimes it just goes faster and faster. Have to pop it…
Brakes
8 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 135,000 miles.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. While driving unknown speeds, the brake pedal was depressed and traveled to the floorboard. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to stop after a few seconds. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that…
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the ABS and brake lights remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure was not repaired. The failure mileage was…
Body and structure
8 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 101,500 miles. Parts named most often: body.
Drivers front and passenger rear door do not stay shut in cold weather, I see there was a recall on later models of Ford Taurus but not my 2007. This is very frustrating when it's very cold and the door won,t shut and I have to drive with one hand holding the door shut, and I believe it is a safety concern that Ford…
Floor behind glove box is getting wet when the car is parked and sits in the rain. Must be coming in the hood or windshield. Multiple reports on line about the cowl over cabin air filer. Or a rain hat extension. Causing A/C motor to go out now because of the water coming in continually. Cant seem to get the problem…
Air bags
7 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 100,000 miles.
I was driving on a main highway when a car pulled out directly in front of me. When we impacted the air bag deployed and broke my arm in half. My bone cut a main nerve on the outside of my dominant right arm. After 2 surgeries my nerve never repaired. There is no feeling in my last two fingers and they are drown in…
I hit a deer at 55 miles per hour the airbag area made a loud bang and smelled like gun powder and did not deploy the airbag warning light is lit on the dash . I purchased this car from a dealer when the car came off a lease program.
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2007 Ford Taurus recalls
NHTSA lists no recalls for this model year.
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
Tire valve cracking
Summary
On october 14, 2008, odi opened pe08-060 to investigate allegations of cracked and leaking snap-in tire valves in model year (my) 2007 vehicles manufactured by ford motor company.the valves were supplied to ford by topseal auto-parts, a subsidiary of the shanghai baolong automotive corporation in china.valves made by topseal for aftermarket sale were the subject of two recent safety recalls by tech international (08t-018) and dill air controls (08t-028), the latter of which was investigated by odi in pe08-036 and ea08-022.the defect conditions addressed by the aftermarket tire valve recalls both involved inadequate resistance to ozone cracking due to issues with the supply of anti-ozonant ch
Questions about the 2007 Ford Taurus
- What are the most common problems with the 2007 Ford Taurus?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: speed control (55 complaints, typically around 99,000 miles); electrical (29 complaints, typically around 55,000 miles); engine (29 complaints, typically around 62,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2007 Ford Taurus have?
- NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2007 Ford Taurus. Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls in case one is issued later.
- Is the 2007 a bad year for the Ford Taurus?
- It is 14th of 20 Taurus model years by number of complaints, with 149 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.