2002 Ford Taurus SE from North America - Comments

We bought a 2002 Taurus wagon new and have had the blower problems and other small problems fixed, but now the engine is chirping at 140ks which is probably the cam sink sensor, but it still runs fine with the chirping sound slight and of course with the windows up and the radio on you can't hear the noise. Will this sensor make the engine fail eventually??? It's a pretty expensive fix. Or could it fix it self? Could it help to put a tank of premuim unleaded gas in? Jkotulak1@cogeco.ca.

Have 2002 Taurus from new, only 49000miles. Have had a valve replaced and 2 battery changes, but all in first couple of years, OK since then. Now it seems to have an intermittent fault, usually when slowing down for stop or light, but not every time. On several occasions, the red THEFT light comes on for a second then goes off, CD player acts like it jumps, but car keeps going. Also, on one occasion, all the warning lights came on for a second, like it was stalling, but lights go off and car keeps going. Any ideas?

I have a 2002 Taurus SE, 3L V6 (Vulcan) and has just turned 282,000kms (160,000 miles-ish) and not a problem to report. Only minor thing, power door lock quit and some rust is starting to show (Canadian winters are not nice to cars) This is my 4ths Taurus/Sable I've had a 94 Sable Wagon, 95 Taurus sedan, 97 Taurus sedan and now my 2002 Taurus all lasted me well over 250,000kms.

Sorry to hear you are all having such problems, but all I can say is mine is regularly maintained (by myself) and whenever it needs something I fix it, I don't wait. Drive it nice and it'll treat you the same.