{"vehicle":{"id":"1986_ford_taurus","year":1986,"make":"Ford","model":"Taurus"},"may_apply":true,"as_of":{"us":"2026-10-19","ca":"2026-10-19"},"recalls":[{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1998250","date":"1998-12-22","manufacturer":null,"component":"Steering","summary":"On certain vehicles located in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador, the lower sub frame mount plate nut may corrode and fail due to exposure to road salt.  This could result in loss of structural integrity of the subframe mount attachment.  Detachment of the body mounts at the rear corners of the sub frame which supports the engine and transmission, allows the rear corners of the sub frame to drop.  Should both rear corners drop, steering control would be adversely affected.  Correction:  Dealers will install subframe rear mount bolts, reinforcement plate and plate nuts.","mfr_campaign":"98S36","units":251032,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1998250"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"98V323000","date":"1998-12-16","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS","summary":"VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY,  MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGNIA, AND  WISCONSIN.  THE REAR LOWER SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE NUT CAN EXPERIENCE STRESS CORROSION CRACKING IF SUBJECTED TO LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALTS.  THIS CAN RESULT IN FRACTURE AND LOSS OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SUBFRAME MOUNT ATTACHMENT.  DETACHMENT OF THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME, WHICH SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, ALLOWS THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME TO DROP.","mfr_campaign":"98S36","units":2697000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1985-10-14","built_to":"1995-06-27","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/98V323000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"93V106000","date":"1993-06-23","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS","summary":"VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TAURUS AND SABLES BUILT FROM 10-14-85 THROUGH 8-19-88, AND LINCOLN CONTINENTALS BUILT FROM 11-4-87 THROUGH 9-30-88 (EXCEPT  1989 - 1991 2.5L TAURUS AND 1989 - 1992 SHO). THE AFFECTED CARS WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CONNECTICUT, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, AND WISCONSIN.  THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME, WHICH SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, MAY BECOME DETACHED DUE TO CORROSION OF THE SUBFRAME MOUNT RETAINING PLATE. THIS WOULD ALLOW THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME TO DROP.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":1610000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1985-10-01","built_to":"1988-09-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/93V106000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1992166","date":"1992-12-30","manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"On certain vehicles with 3.0 Litre and 3.8 Litre engines, the body mounts on the rear corners of the subframe which supports the engine and transmission may become detached due to corrosion of the rear lower mount retaining plates, allowing the rear corners of the subframe to drop. Should this occur, steering could become very difficult, thereby adversely affecting vehicle control.  Correction: modified lower body mounts and attaching bolts will be installed on affected vehicles.","mfr_campaign":"92S61","units":157101,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1992166"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1992060","date":"1992-05-20","manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"Note: Station wagon vehicles only.  Young children left unattended in the vehicle could lock themselves in the footwell area of the rear-facing third seat (or the underfloor storage compartment in station wagons not equipped with the optional third seat).  Once the compartment is closed, it cannot be opened from the inside, and there is the danger of air deprivation, excessive body heat and panic response to a child who may have closed himself or herself in the compartment.  Correction: A modified latch will be installed which does not have a self-latching feature and allows the compartment cover to be pushed open from the inside.","mfr_campaign":"92M80","units":48330,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1992060"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"92V065000","date":"1992-05-11","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"WHEELS","summary":"CHILDREN CAN ACCIDENTALLY LOCK THEMSELVES IN THE FOOTWELL AREA OF THE REAR-FACING THIRD SEAT, OR IN THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT IN STATION WAGONS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN OPTIONAL THIRD SEAT. ONCE THE COMPARTMENT IS CLOSED IT CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":654000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1985-10-01","built_to":"1992-05-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/92V065000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"91V134000","date":"1991-08-06","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR","summary":"FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE CORROSION IF OPERATED IN AREAS WHERE CALCIUM CHLORIDE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE ARE USED EXTENSIVELY.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":325000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1985-10-01","built_to":"1991-01-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/91V134000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1991021","date":"1991-02-11","manufacturer":null,"component":"Engine","summary":"THIS RECALL SUPERSEDES RECALL 90-27 FOR VEHICLES IN THE MARITIMES.  THE THROTTLE MAY STICK IN AN OPEN POSITION DUE TO LINKAGE BINDING   CAUSED BY CORROSION. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO RUN AT HIGHER THAN IDLE SPEED WHEN THE THROTTLE IS RELEASED AND COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT DRIVER CONTROL RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE CRASH.  CORRECTION: A STAINLESS STEEL SLEEVE, WHICH WILL BE PLACED OVER THE HUB    ON THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, AND A SECONDARY THROTTLE LEVER TO FIT THE SLEEVE, ALONG WITH OTHER MOUNTING PARTS, WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.","mfr_campaign":"91S25","units":113833,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1991021"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1990193","date":"1990-12-07","manufacturer":null,"component":"Brakes","summary":"THE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON THESE VEHICLES MAY  CORRODE, WEAKEN AND FRACTURE, RESULTING IN A REDUCTION OF BRAKING  PERFORMANCE. SUCH A FRACTURE WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF BRAKING AT THE  CORRESPONDING FRONT WHEEL WHICH COULD IN TURN RESULT IN INCREASED  STOPPING DISTANCE AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.  CORRECTION: FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WILL BE REPLACED.","mfr_campaign":"90S19","units":127161,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1990193"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1990027","date":"1990-02-09","manufacturer":null,"component":"Engine","summary":"RANGER/BRONCO II - 2.9 LITRE ENGINES\nTAURUS/SABLE - 3.0 LITRE ENGINES\nNOTE: VEHICLES LOCATED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK AND  PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.\nTHE THROTTLE MAY STICK IN AN OPEN POSITION DUE TO LINKAGE BINDING CAUSED  BY CORROSION. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO RUN AT HIGHER THAN IDLE  SPEED WHEN THE THROTTLE IS RELEASED AND COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT DRIVER  CONTROL RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE CRASH.\nCORRECTION: ON VEHICLES WITH 2.9 LITRE ENGINES, DEALERS WILL CLEAN,  MODIFY AND LUBRICATE THE HUB PIN AND LEVER BUSHINGS WITH A MARINE-TYPE  ANTI-SEIZE GREASE. ADDITIONALLY, ON VEHICLES WITH 3.0 LITRE ENGINES, THE  HUB PIN LEVER ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED.\nNOTE: THIS RECALL HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY RECALL NO. 91021.","mfr_campaign":"90S02","units":15909,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1990027"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1989099","date":"1989-07-13","manufacturer":null,"component":"Emissions","summary":"THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 1103 -  EXHAUST EMISSIONS. THE CENTRAL FUEL INJECTOR (CFI) MAY OPERATE RICH DURING CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS.\nCORRECTION: IMPROVED CFI FUEL INJECTORS WILL BE INSTALLED AND IDLE SPEED WILL BE ADJUSTED.","mfr_campaign":"89E78","units":70606,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Compliance Mfr","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1989099"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1987098","date":"1987-09-09","manufacturer":null,"component":"Fuel System","summary":"ON VEHICLES WITH EFI OR CFI, THE SPRING-LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING USED TO CONNECT THE FUEL SUPPLY AND RETURN LINES TO THE EFI FUEL RAILS OR TO THE CFI THROTTLE BODIES AS WELL AS OTHER FUEL LINE CONNECTIONS NEAR THE DASH PANELS ON SOME VEHICLES, COULD DISENGAGE DURING VEHICLE USE. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, LOSS OF FUEL WILL RESULT, PROVIDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE FIRE.  CORRECTION: COUPLING RETAINER CLIPS WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES. NOTE: ESCORT VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH EFI AND CFI. LYNX VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH CFI ONLY.\nEFI - ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION\nCFI - CENTRAL FUEL INJECTION","mfr_campaign":"87S36","units":295731,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1987098"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"87V139000","date":"1987-09-04","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS","summary":"SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":3600000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1985-07-01","built_to":"1987-08-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/87V139000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"87V017000","date":"1987-02-19","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR","summary":"ROAD SALT INDUCED EROSION OF THE WIPER MOTOR CONDUCTOR STRIPS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED THERMAL STRESS WITHIN THE GLASS.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":28000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1986-08-01","built_to":"1987-01-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/87V017000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1987023","date":"1987-02-17","manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"ON STATION WAGONS, THE METALLIC CONDUCTOR STRIPS WHICH PROVIDE ELECTRICAL  CURRENT TO THE REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR MAY ERODE DUE TO ELECTROLYTIC  ACTION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USE. THIS COULD REDUCE  THE CROSS SECTION OF THE STRIPS, CAUSING A POINT OF HIGH RESISTANCE AND  CONSEQUENT LOCALIZED THERMAL STRESS WITHIN THE GLASS. THIS CONDITION  COULD CAUSE THE GLASS TO FRACTURE WITHOUT  PRIOR WARNING CREATING THE  RISK OF INJURY TO OCCUPANTS OF THE REAR FACING THIRD ROW SEAT OR A SUDDEN  DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER.\nCORRECTION: SEALANT ON STRIPS AND PROTECTIVE TAPE ON LOWER BACKLIGHTS.","mfr_campaign":"87S25","units":5545,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1987023"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1986030","date":"1986-03-10","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S.205 - GLAZING MATERIALS. NOTE: STATION WAGONS ONLY.","mfr_campaign":"86S03","units":634,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Compliance Mfr","match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1986030"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"86V039000","date":"1986-03-10","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE RIGHT QUARTER WINDOWS MAY CONTAIN GLASS WHICH WAS     IMPROPERLY TEMPERED.  THIS GLASS MAY YIELD PIECES LARGER THAN THE MAXIMUM        ALLOWED BY FMVSS 205, GLAZING MATERIAL.                                                                                                                           CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THESE LARGE PIECES OF GLASS MAY    SERIOUSLY INJURE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CAR.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":4700,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1986-01-01","built_to":"1986-02-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/86V039000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"85V172000","date":"1985-12-26","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE","summary":"SYSTEM: LOCK, IGNITION SYSTEM, FMVSS 114. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:PASSENGER CAR.DESCRIPTION DEFECT:THE IGNITION KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH IN POSITIONS OTHER THAN THE LOCK POSITIONS.FMVSS 114 REQUIRES THAT WHEN THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT EITHER THE STEERING OR TRANSMISSION BE LOCKED.REMOVAL OF THE KEY WHEN NOT IN THE LOCK POSITION LEAVES THE STEERING AND TRANSMISSION IN THE NORMAL OPERATING MODE.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":4500,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TAURUS"],"built_from":"1985-08-01","built_to":"1985-11-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/85V172000"}],"lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."]}