2010 Ford Taurus problems
Owners have filed 280 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Ford Taurus. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 17% of complaints. Next are steering (15%) and brakes (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 280 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 31 and 6
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 231 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 84 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 27 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 30 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 23 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 18 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 30 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 231 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 45,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 51,000 miles (40 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 23 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 31 injuries reported; 6 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 29 model years of the Ford Taurus with enough data (151 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Unknown. Car was going 100 mph. Driver, my son , was killed in this car accident. This year make AND model is known for throttle acceleration issues with brake afail override non existent until later models. Case number [XXX] sterling heights police department
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford taurus. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the brake was engaged and there was an unexpected acceleration. The contact applied the brake pedal repeatedly and the vehicle came to a stop. The failure occurred on a second occasion which resulted into a crash. There were no physical injuries. The contact's vehicle sustained moderate damages. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for repair.
I have problems with brake and transmission passes the changes and gives a hit. The brake is going to the bottom and makes noise, on occasion gets hard the pedal and no brakes,I was talking to a person who has a ford edge 2010 and it passed the same, the person called to ford and had a recall and ford fixed it, I called for my taurus no recall of that, but it is curious that suffers from the same problem and ford not give me a recall . Sometimes when I accelerated the car does not respond as suppose to.