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2002 Ford Taurus lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 28 complaints for the 2002 Ford Taurus, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
28 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
106,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2002 Ford Taurus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 106,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 106,000 miles
Based on 22 complaints that include mileage. 18% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 22 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 106,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

I am being told this third party as I was unable to see the accident scene and have not seen a police report. My 19-yr old daughter was exiting a main road slowing to a stop. She was doing approximately 2-3 MPH when she was struck from behind by another vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The impact knocked her vehicle into the vehicle in front of her knocking that vehicle into the vehicle in front of it. My daughter's airbags did not deploy.

Reported at 50,000 miles, October 2014 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford taurus. When the brake pedal was depressed, the brake lights failed to illuminate intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the brake light switch was malfunctioning, but was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 04v106000 (exterior lighting). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 233,000.

Reported at 233,000 miles, August 2016

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