2005 Ford Focus Air bags Problems

“Alone in my car, driving on a 4 lane city street, I had slowed, almost at a full stop, to wait for the car in front of me to turn into the parking lot on our right. Meantime, car behind me hit the back of my car. She was ticketed. Said had looked away for a moment. Said she was doing 35mph. My airbag did not deploy. I can provide police and hospital records.”

“The air bag light has been on for several months. Ford says it's not part of the takata recall but I want to be sure. I don't want to die from it exploding and I want it checked to be sure. I bought the car used so I have no idea if it may have been replaced before. I don't trust the dealership here.”

“The airbag indicator light on the dash comes on at different times. Sometimes on for days then off for a day, then back on. The dealer tells me that this is a common problem and it may be the wires or connectors that run under the seats. He said people feet can hit the wires, and moving of the seats can damage them. Sounds like a design problem to me. For a few $100 he can tell me.”

“While driving at posted speed limit another vehicle turned in front of my vehicle, not being able to stop or avoid this collision I collided with this vehicle at a 90 degree angle, causing in excess of $8,000 worth of damage to just my vehicle. Both fornt air bags failed to deploy , but the seat belts did retract, causing neck and abdomen injuries to both of us in this vehicle.”

“I was recently in an accident. My airbags did not deploy. The other three cars involved all had airbags and theirs did deploy. My car has been deemed a total loss. I would think that in an accident of this magnitude that the airbags would have functioned normally. I am not certain that the extent of my back injury would have been lessened by the airbags deploying, I just wanted to report the failure in the case of a common occurrence with other consumers.”