2008 Ford Taurus X problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Steering (38) · Vehicle Speed Control (26) · Power Train (17)
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
137 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (1)
Air Bags:frontal 2016-04-26 · campaign 16V247000 · 695 vehicles
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ford Flex, 2008 and 2010-2012 Ford Taurus, 2008-2009 Ford Taurus X, 2008 Mercury Sable, 2009 and 2011 Lincoln MKS vehicles. The driver frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
Risk: An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Fix: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the driver's frontal air bag module, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on June 13, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16C06.
Service bulletins (10)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2026-02-24 · SSM 54601 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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. unlike the integrated wired keypad, the accessory wireless keypad master code cannot be retrieved from the
Equipment 2024-04-24 · SSM 52476 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 handed to the vehicle s owner during initial delivery. unlike the integrated (wired) factory keypad,
Suspension 2021-03-17 · RFI20210317_810- · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 the product. if the problem is not corrected, the product will be unusable.
Service Brakes, Air:antilock 2011-03-01 · AS-21769 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
ford: if there is an intermittent lack of power, surge, or hesitation while driving the brakes will override acceleration. *rm
Engine And Engine Cooling:engine 2010-08-09 · TSB-10-16-1 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
ford: there may be a rough idle or misses while the malfunction light is on. there are mutliple possible trouble codes stored. *rm
Power Train:manual Transmission 2007-10-01 · TSB-07-21-11 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
ford/mercury/lincoln: some vehicles equipped with a 6f50 transaxle , with any output shaft speed (oss) sensor or turbine shaft speed (tss) sensor diagnostic trouble code(s) (dtcs) p0715, p0717, p0720, p0721, p0722 and/or harsh engagements, no upshift, fifth gear only, could have an intermitten shor
Showing the 6 most recent of 10 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2025-07-17 · Seat Belts“all 5 rear seatbelts have cracked plastic around the metal piece that buckles in.…”
2022-09-05 · Unknown Or Other“this has happened since we purchased the car. when driving down the road out of the blue the wrench light on the dash turns on and the car loses all power!! dangerous! so dangerous. i have spoken with other foes tauras x owners and they too have the same issue. when it happens i pull over and shut the car off and wait a bit.. i turn it back on and …”
2021-12-16 · Electrical System · 109,000 mi“the contact owns a 2008 ford taurus x. while the contact’s daughter was driving approximately 40 mph, several unknown warning lights illuminated, the steering wheel became difficult to turn, and the vehicle lost motive power. the contact's daughter was able unable to pull over but was able to restart the vehicle and the vehicle returned to normal f…”
2021-10-20 · Vehicle Speed Control“i bought this vehicle used from a lot. it had 2 previous owners and came with all the service history. i first noticed the vehicle seemed like it didn’t want to go into overdrive . it would get to about 70 mph which would have the rpm’s at 3k! the 2nd time or so that we got it to these speeds (on interstate) the vehicle suddenly clunked , steering…”
2021-03-22 · Unknown Or Other · 140,000 mi“the dash warning lights all come on and the speedometer and gas gauge go to zero. i have had the car since september 2017 and it only had one previous owner! this is a scary problem because the car will not accelerate when this occurs. has anyone had this problem and figured out how to fix? also there's a loud knocking noise sometimes that sounds l…”
2021-01-21 · Suspension · 100,274 mi“driving down the road straight, our car made a pop sound and suddenly lurched and steering was impaired. car was taken to the nearest dealership where they found the engine cradle/front sub frame had rusted through internally causing the sway bar to break away and it had perforated around the mount for the control arm. we were extremely fortunate …”
2020-12-24 · Vehicle Speed Control · 162,000 mi“transmission stuck in high gear while in motion. can't accelerate from stop to maintain speed. power cycle fixed. intermittent issue.…”
2020-07-28 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 142,000 mi“within 24 hours, twice the car suddenly displayed "empy" fuel guage and having zero miles on the range estimator despite having roughly half a tank of gas. one time, shortly after displaying "empty" despite having half a tank, the car cut off at highway speeds.…”
2020-07-28 · Power Train · 65,000 mi“had to shell out $528.06 to replace both the 'input & output shift senors' in the vehicle. repair involved removing the valve body on the transmission for access. majority of the cost involve the labor to reach this area on trans. a month earlier trans locked up in low gear, dash lights were flashing? shut off engine & restarted. ran ok then. safet…”
2020-03-25 · Power Train · 1 mi“transmission is slipping and wont change gears…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.