2001 Ford Taurus: airbag warning light

Filed Feb 17, 2011 · Airbags · NJ

I noticed that my airbag light was illuminated and blinking. I took it to my ford dealership and they said there was nothing they could do, it was a known problem, and totally not fixable. I was told to turn the car off and turn it back on. I did this, and each time the car stalled. I finally went online to see what the light was about and it seems that the airbags may not deploy on impact. I brought the car back to the dealership and told them this and ask them to look into it. Once again, there was nothing they could do. I was told to just not get into an accident. I finally got rid of the car due to the lack of safety when the car was had 145,038 miles.

Filed Aug 27, 2008 · Airbags · 110,700 miles · GA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford taurus. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the contact struck a guard rail. The vehicle was completely destroyed and none of the air bags deployed. Prior to the failure, she never noticed any air bag warning lights illuminated on the instrument control panel. The contact has pictures of the vehicle and a copy of the police report. She called the manufacturer and is waiting for a response. A police report was filed. The failure and current mileages were 110,700.

Filed Jan 18, 2008 · Airbags · 140,630 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford taurus. While driving 65 MPH, the air bag light illuminated. The dealer inspected the vehicle, but was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The current and failure mileages were 140,630.

Filed Feb 21, 2006 · Airbags · 90,900 miles · CA · 1 injury

Drivers side air bag exploded, but did not inflate. I was driving approximately 25-30 miles in traffic and hit nothing. The airbag light was not on.

Filed Nov 22, 2005 · Airbags · 92,475 miles · MI · crash

Dt: contact stated while driving vehicle at 60 MPH it hit a deer. This was a frontal impact. The air bags on neither side deployed. However, the air bag warning light stayed on. He took the vehicle to the dealership to have the warning light checked. They checked it. The dealership told the contact it was safe to drive the vehicle.

Filed Sep 13, 2005 · Airbags · 74,000 miles · WI · crash

Dt: the contact stated the front air bags did not deploy. He called ford and told them he was hurt because the air bag did not deploy on 8-22-05 when h the contact's vehicle hit a something on the road. He was thrown around in the car a lot. Ford has not responded. The air bag light was on. The air bag light was not on prior to the accident. Prior to the accident on 8-22- 05 the contact's hit a raccoon while going approximately 70 MPH on 5-22-05, and the air bags did not deploy.

Filed Oct 7, 2004 · Airbags · 67,000 miles · CA

After starting the vehicle air bag warning light illuminated. The warning light would stay on until the vehicle was shut off. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Filed Jul 8, 2004 · Airbags · FL

Airbag lights flashes on and off. Some time is stay on for at least five minites. No accident.. It comes on by itself. Wanted to take it to dealer but was advised to check to see ifi there was a recall. I got this information.

Filed Feb 13, 2004 · Airbags · 43,000 miles · NJ

Side airbag deployed after car (2001 ford taurus) hit pothole. No side impact took place. No damage to side of car. Only damage was scrape on rim of front left wheel after it went into the pothole going forward. On at least 2 occasions prior to this the airbag light went on and off periodically. Incidents were documented with auto dealer at service interval and dealer said could not find problem. But with a history of a problem with sensors and a deployment due to no side impact, this in my opinion represents a safety issue that should be explored as having an airbag go off as you are driving could certainly trigger an accident.

Filed Feb 12, 2004 · Airbags · 13,630 miles · CO

Air bag light on, displayed series of code, then remained on. Car was taken to dealer they recorded code b1342. Replaced air bag monitor part number yf1z-14b321ea. This same vehicle had the same part replaced in sep-2003 less than 3000 miles between the two failures.

Filed Sep 3, 2003 · Airbags · 10,800 miles · CO

Intermittent air bag warning light. Took vehicle to ford dealer they were able to test via ngs hookup, which showed code u2017. Replaced part yf1z-14b321-ea contr asy-occ., per special service message #14579. Thought this might be of intrest given there is a inquiry involving the 2001 taurus air bag system.

Filed May 7, 2003 · Airbags · NY

The airbag light illuminated which could mean the air bag would not function properly. The consumers seat was damaged from the seat being removed to correct the recall.