Ford Airbags Deploying in Error

I own a 1997 Ford Mercury Tracer. Presently it is in storage because the airbags deployed while I was driving. Because of the medical damages involved Ford refuses to do anything about it unless I sign a medical waiver. I lost the use of my car because it was completely undriveable and I had to purchase a different car. I had a sprained and burned left hand along with loss of hearing.

My husband was driving down the road one morning, coming home from a doctor's appointment and the airbag in his F150 Eddie Bauer truck exploded, blowing his hands off the steering wheel and knocking him unconscious. The truck then veered sharply to the right and hit a granite pillar.

We contacted the Ford Motor Company about this and they shrugged it off saying let your insurance company deal with it. Now, because we did this, our insurance company does not want to renew with us and the Ford Motor Company does not want to compensate or help in any way either. It's been very frustrating trying to get this resolved. The sad thing is, if my husband had died in the accident, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

The insurance company didn't even pay the vehicle off after they totalled it. We ended up forking out of our pockets over $2100. We spoke to a couple different lawyers but they don't want to go up against big companies like FORD.

Linda and her husband should sue Ford in Small Claims Court. They don't need a lawyer to do this and they actually have a good chance of winning since it is highly likely Ford won't show up to defend itself.

My husband was driving down the road one morning, coming home from a doctor's appointment and the airbag in his F150 Eddie Bauer truck exploded, blowing his hands off the steering wheel and knocking him unconscious. The truck then veered sharply to the right and hit a granite pillar.

We contacted the Ford Motor Company about this and they shrugged it off saying let your insurance company deal with it. Now, because we did this, our insurance company does not want to renew with us and the Ford Motor Company does not want to compensate or help in any way either. It's been very frustrating trying to get this resolved. The sad thing is, if my husband had died in the accident, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

The insurance company didn't even pay the vehicle off after they totalled it. We ended up forking out of our pockets over $2100. We spoke to a couple different lawyers but they don't want to go up against big companies like FORD.

Linda and her husband should sue Ford in Small Claims Court. They don't need a lawyer to do this and they actually have a good chance of winning since it is highly likely Ford won't show up to defend itself.

On 31st May, we went to the library to drop off our books. We parked our car, and I got down to drop the books. My wife, who was sitting on the passenger side went to shut the ignition off, As she was doing it, she could see the side air bag about to blow out. She brought her hand forward to cover her face and was hit by the blown air bag. AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED.

The car is a 1999 Mercury Cougar. Smoke started coming out and we had to call the fire department. Per fire department captain, they have never seen this case before. The smoke was just the air bag powder.

Here is the summary of the damage: Side Air Bag deployed. Air Bag cover hit the windshield which cracked the whole windshield. The force of deployment also popped out air vent and the dash board. When we called up Ford, they asked us to claim it through our insurance. But when we told them that it did not make sense (As we will also have to pay our co-pay) they told us to send the vehicle to a Ford dealer where they can run diagnostics.

Six months back this vehicle had the Ford-recommended 60,000 mile service/check completed with no issues found. Current mileage is around 64,000. Ford says that one of the modules was faulty and also this module has warranty of 5 years or 50,000 miles. But this was not mentioned in any of their service manuals. Also nobody pointed this out when the car had the Ford-recommended 60,000 mile maintenance and check.

Insurance has said they cannot cover it and we have to talk to Ford. Ford says this is out of warranty. How do we come to know which part is going to cost us because it has run out of warranty, if nobody points out the problem during routine maintenance. We are still waiting to see how much it is going to cost. Meanwhile we have to rent a car and repair the car on our own. Can some one help us to handle this?

On 31st May, we went to the library to drop off our books. We parked our car, and I got down to drop the books. My wife, who was sitting on the passenger side went to shut the ignition off, As she was doing it, she could see the side air bag about to blow out. She brought her hand forward to cover her face and was hit by the blown air bag. AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED.

The car is a 1999 Mercury Cougar. Smoke started coming out and we had to call the fire department. Per fire department captain, they have never seen this case before. The smoke was just the air bag powder.

Here is the summary of the damage: Side Air Bag deployed. Air Bag cover hit the windshield which cracked the whole windshield. The force of deployment also popped out air vent and the dash board. When we called up Ford, they asked us to claim it through our insurance. But when we told them that it did not make sense (As we will also have to pay our co-pay) they told us to send the vehicle to a Ford dealer where they can run diagnostics.

Six months back this vehicle had the Ford-recommended 60,000 mile service/check completed with no issues found. Current mileage is around 64,000. Ford says that one of the modules was faulty and also this module has warranty of 5 years or 50,000 miles. But this was not mentioned in any of their service manuals. Also nobody pointed this out when the car had the Ford-recommended 60,000 mile maintenance and check.

Insurance has said they cannot cover it and we have to talk to Ford. Ford says this is out of warranty. How do we come to know which part is going to cost us because it has run out of warranty, if nobody points out the problem during routine maintenance. We are still waiting to see how much it is going to cost. Meanwhile we have to rent a car and repair the car on our own. Can some one help us to handle this?

I am so thankful that no one was severely hurt. My children who were in the vehicle are now petrified that it might happen again. Other than a small bruise and some superficial burns on my arm and abdomen I was not hurt. The baby, so far as we can tell, was not injured either. The hospital monitored the baby's heart rate for about an hour but no extensive testing was done. I am now faced with the option of driving a vehicle without a horn while I battle this. I am not so sure I want the airbage replaced anyway since they are claiming that nothing is wrong. I am sure that the front passenger seat will now be permanently vacant until someone owns up to there being a problem and fixing it.

Faulty air bags deployed at a low speed accident under 20 mph. Caused my windshield to smash and $4,000 of damage. All of this damage was caused by the airbags, there was no body damage on the car because it was a low-speed fender bender.

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