Vehicle report

2008 FORD TAURUS X

Reported complaints153
Recalls1
Investigations0
Service bulletins10
Combined MPG
Best crash rating

This model year

What the record shows

The 2008 Ford Taurus X is the 1st model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2008 to 2009.

The federal record holds 153 owner complaints, 1 safety recall and 10 service bulletins for it.

Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.

Reading this report

Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.