2006 Ford Taurus recall: electrical system
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain passenger vehicles built for one specific fleet customer were modified for optional hands-free cellular phone operating capability. To provide this functionality, a special overlay wire harness was installed that inadvertently did not include the circuits for passenger air bag deactivation indicator (padi) lamp function. As a result, these vehicles do not comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection.'
💥 The risk
The padi lamp will fail to illuminate and the air bag warning lamp in the cluster will stay illuminated.
🔧 The fix
The fleet customer was notified and all vehicles have been repaired. The recall began on april 28, 2006.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 06V119000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 06C13
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 19
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 28, 2006
- Built
- Feb 13, 2006 – Feb 15, 2006
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Ford recall no. 06C13.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.