Two problems related to fuel pump 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.
Driving along the interstate at 70 mph and the car started slowing down and lost complete power; all the lights on the dash came on; no gas pedal and no steering. The tearrain was rolling hills. We had just under a half a tank of gas. There were no indications there was anything wrong with our vehicle it just went into these symptoms. It happened five more times as my wife was driving before she could get into a safe area. She called a tow truck to take our vehicle to the dealer. Each time she was able to make it to the side of the road, wait about 5 minutes and try to start the vehicle (didn't always start at first) she was able to travel only a couple of miles. We called the dealership the next morning and explained the symptoms and they replaced our "fb sender and pump asy" 2f1z-9h307-fb (replaced fuel pump) and our "in line fuel filter" yf1z-9155-CA(filter 1767). We had these same symptoms in Sep 05 odi number 10141907. We believe this is the same problem that the Ford motor company identified for the 2000/2001ford focus; program 03n01.
I own a 2002 Ford Taurus which I bought from my father. It only has 27320 miles. On September 12, 2005, I had trouble starting the car. Once started, it would not run very long. Luckily, I was right across the street from a Ford dealer. I left it to be checked. The dealer called and said the fuel pump needs to be replaced. This cost me $100 deductible since it was past the time limit of the original warranty but under the mileage. I own a 2001 Mercury sable with 65000 miles, on its 3rd fuel pump and I also own a 2002 Ford Taurus with 27000 miles, on its 2nd fuel pump.