Five problems related to warning light on have been reported for the 2001 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2001 Taurus.
The contact owns a 2001 Ford Taurus. While driving approximately 70 mph, the contact struck a guard rail. The vehicle was completely destroyed and none of the air bags deployed. Prior to the failure, she never noticed any air bag warning lights illuminated on the instrument control panel. The contact has pictures of the vehicle and a copy of the police report. She called the manufacturer and is waiting for a response. A police report was filed. The failure and current mileages were 110,700.
Contact stated while driving vehicle at 60 mph it hit a deer. This was a frontal impact. The air bags on neither side deployed. However, the air bag warning light stayed on. He took the vehicle to the dealership to have the warning light checked. They checked it. The dealership told the contact it was safe to drive the vehicle.
After starting the vehicle air bag warning light illuminated. The warning light would stay on until the vehicle was shut off. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
Intermittent air bag warning light. Took vehicle to Ford dealer they were able to test via ngs hookup, which showed code u2017. Replaced part yf1z-14b321-ea contr asy-occ. , per special service message #14579. Thought this might be of intrest given there is a inquiry involving the 2001 Taurus air bag system.
Air bag warning light intermitently blinks on and off. This indicates that there is a problem with air bag system. Dealer has been contacted.