BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
A rearview camera that fails to properly display an image can reduce the driver’s view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
4 safety recall campaigns, 101 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A rearview camera that fails to properly display an image can reduce the driver’s view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Door trim that detaches while driving can create a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
A fractured rear toe link will cause a sudden change in vehicle handling and increase the risk of a crash.
An oil leak, in the presence of an ignition source, increases the risk of a fire.
Two 2016 FORD TAURUSs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.