Three problems related to air bag light on have been reported for the 2006 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2006 Taurus.
Air bag light on drivers side has been activated for about a year has been checked by a ase garage. They couldn't find a fault code. Cars is surging at different speeds during normal operation. I have had to put car in neutral to kick it down to normal speed then back in to drive mode while moving in traffic. Some times it slams the transmission. The cruise control has not worked for over a year. Ase tech says the connection is worn and faulty. Ase tech says he could not get any fault codes for the surging in speed after letting it run for over 45 min. And test driving the car. Ase tech believes the problem is in the pcm.
Their is a pressure pad in the passenger seat to either allow or not allow the airbag to be active and this is not working the air bag is active all the time the seat can be empty and the airbag light will only briefly light up when starting car but go off right away indicating the airbag is active I had my niece in that seat and it did not deactivate and she is 45 pounds if you do not pay close attention to this you will not know you have a issue when your seat is empty the airbag off light in the radio cluster should light up and when a person heavy enuf to activate the air bag sits down the light should go off.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the driver¿s side air bag bracket fractured and no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the air bag clips needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 50,000. ## VIN passed ## 2006 Ford Taurus ##.