Four problems related to gasoline fuel system 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.
Transmission failed on insterstate. No warning whatsoever.
Gas smell back seat passenger side, no one can sit in back seat or they get over powered by gasoline smell, 2002 Ford Taurus I know of five other cars in my area (same year and make) with same exact issue.
While driving at posted speed limit, engine stuttered and died in traffic. Battery light lit up. Auto club restarted car and stated "no battery failure". Drove car all day and next day for approx. 3 hours when same engine stutter and died in traffic occurred. This time,besides "battery light" the "check engine light"came on. Again auto club was able to restart. Drove car to repair shop,who performed a "diagnostic test" and replaced a "fuel pressure sensor". I retained the old part. The car has been regularly serviced at recommended intervals by selling dealer. This engine failure is not only dangerous to me and fam. ,but also to the surrounding traffic at the time failure occurs while driving. Getting the vehicle out of traffic was extremely difficult, due to inabilty to use power steering and brakes,being that it happened on an incline. I sincerely hope this information is relevant to your research.
Consumer states that they can smell fumes coming from the air condition while driving.