The Lemon Index$1,100 middle bill · most between $942 and $1,800
Lower than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 58,000 miles (9 reports).
Ford Taurus owners reported paying a median of $1,100 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $942 and $1,800. That's from 11 owner reports (11 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5009%
- $500–$1,00027%
- $1,000–$2,50045%
- $2,500–$5,00018%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 11 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2008 Ford Taurus4$1,000 middle bill
- 2013 Ford Taurus4$2,400 middle bill
- 2014 Ford Taurus3$1,400 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2013 Ford Taurus163 complaints name it28% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Ford Taurus32 complaints name it14% of that year's complaints
- 2010 Ford Taurus19 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Ford Taurus15 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2008 Ford Taurus13 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2011 Ford Taurus13 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
2.0 EcoBoost · 3.5 Duratec / Cyclone V6
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Ford Taurus reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ford Taurus owners reported
Strut and shock replacement (49) · Transmission replacement (19) · Torque converter replacement (14) · Water pump replacement (9) · Brake repair (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11478359, 11435854, 11279806, 11129741, 11097581, 11074514, 10953898, 10562458, 10547052, 10428459, 10390749.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Ford Taurus?
Ford Taurus owners reported a median of $1,100, and the middle half paid $942 to $1,800, from 11 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ford Taurus steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ford Taurus middle bill of $1,100 is lower than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ford Taurus repair costs come from?
From 11 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Ford Taurus years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2013 (163), 2014 (32), 2010 (19) Ford Taurus named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.