Three problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 2003 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2003 Taurus.
The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact was involved in a head-on crash while driving 55 mph. The passenger side air bag deployed, but the driver side air bag did not. The contact sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 58,000.
The driver side air bag of my 2003 Taurus deployed for no apparent reason while I was driving. I was traveling on a two lane road at 30 mph when it deployed. I swerved to the left and recovered and pulled over and stopped. I thought the car had been hit by a large rock on the side of the car. On inspection there was no injury to the car. I was taking my son home from our vacation home in nh when it occurred. The Ford dealership replaced all the air bag elements but could not tell me why it deployed. Both the dealership and Ford motor said that they would be unwilling to guarantee that it won't happen again.
While traveling about 35mph and proceeding through an intersection another vehicle refused to yield hitting consumer's on the driver's side. The driver side airbag didn't deploy.