Five problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2002 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2002 Taurus.
On 22 Sep 10 my wife hit a parked truck in a 2002 Ford Taurus. Her car hit the right front at about 35 mph and the airbag didn't deploy. She suffered a non-displaced fracture of the sternum as a result of the accident. The car apparently went under the truck's bumper. The right headlight, hood, windshield and right front side were damaged. The car was totaled as a result of the accident.
Rear ended at a stop light and pushed into the car in front of me. Both front seats, fully reclined, driver seat broke, no airbags at all deployed. Resulted in herniated discs for both driver and front seat (only) passenger.
My daughter was pulling into a parking space, she applied the brakes, the car lunged ahead and hit the building. The passenger air bag deployed and not the drivers air bag. She had her seat belt on and hit the steering wheel. I talked to Ford and they siad to go through my insurance company.
Consumer was traveling about 65mph on the highway and another vehicle merged into his lane. Both vehicles collided, and consumer's vehicle was forced into guardrail. Upon impact, dual airbags didn't deploy.
Consumer complained about an air bag deployment problem.