2005 Ford Excursion Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 3%of 65 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 108,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the air bags of the 2005 Ford Excursion, 3% of the 65 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 108,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was involved in an accident in my 2005 Ford Excursion and the airbags did not deploy. A minivan pulled out from a stop sign and I hit her in the side. All of the van's airbags deployed but mine did not.”
NHTSA complaint #10336940, filed 2010-06, 132,000 miles“During a single vehicle accident due to losing control at, according to the police report, 65 MPH and running front-end first in to a rocky mountain bank then bouncing off said bank rotating the vehicle, again according to the accident report, roughly 120-degrees the factory airbag failed to deploy. Even with the seatbelt on my chest, sternum and ribs still managed to either be injured by the seatbelt (no visible seatbelt marks or trauma) or by impacting the steering wheel. …”
NHTSA complaint #11004995, filed 2017-07, 84,000 milesAir bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2005 Ford Excursion
20 complaintsEngine cooling
14 complaintsFuel system
12 complaintsEngine
9 complaintsSteering
4 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
4 complaintsBrakes
3 complaintsExterior lighting
3 complaintsVehicle speed control
3 complaintsBody and structure
2 complaintsTires
2 complaintsEquipment
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2005 Ford Excursion
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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