2001 Ford Taurus air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 66 complaints for the 2001 Ford Taurus, 5% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 66 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 46 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 42 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 31 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 35% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 46 crashes, 42 injuries.
What owners wrote
On september 23, 2002 I was involved in an auto accident. A saturn turned directly into my vehicle's path. I was traveling at aproximately 40miles per hour and hit the saturn on the left front of the vehicle. My car then left the roadway and hit a tree head on. The entire front of my car was damaged and pushed back. The saturn's air bags deployed, my air bags did not. Both cars were totaled. I was driving a 2001 ford taurus that I had purchased two months ago as a program car.
Vehicle was in a head on collision, and none of the air bags deployed upon impact. Driver impacted the steering wheel.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Ford Taurus
- Suspension 567 complaints
- Cruise control 100 complaints
- Brakes 99 complaints
- Engine 62 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 41 complaints
- Body & structure 40 complaints
- Transmission 39 complaints
- Electrical system 38 complaints