2000 Mercury Villager Air bags Problems

“On june 8, 2002 I was driving down a major hwy in louisiana. I was driving 70 miles per hour which was the posted speed limit. A car clipped my front end and caused me to go off the highway into the grass. I don't know if my brakes were a problem because they are anti-lock so I'm not sure if this was suppose to happen along with the airbags but when I applied the brakes the van would not stop. I ended up back on the freeway across traffic still going in the same direction, and hit a metal guardrail head on that was located beside the concrete wall that holds up the bridge. …”

“Driver was going down hill when all of a sudden she passed out. She then noticed that she had hit a light pole, and the air bags did not deploy, as well as the seat belt did not restrain her, which caused her to hit the steering wheel.”

“Dt: on 5/17/05 while on the way to work an accident occurred. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle is equipped with passenger and driver air bags. The air bag light was not on. The air bag light has never came on. There were no recalls on the vehicle as far as the owner knows. The vehicle was traveling about 50 MPH while on highway. There was a vehicle in front of the owner's car who stopped completely and then owner hit the other vehicle in the rear end. The impact was frontal to the owner's vehicle. There were no previous problems with the vehicle. There were injuries. …”

“Traveling inside lane; cruise on 60mph. Rock in road appeared size of softball. Passed over rock scrapping bottom of manifold shield, hitting the pliable plastic shield breaking fuel purge valve, and bending rear stabilizer bar. List of parts ordered for repair by garage and insurance adjustor: clock spring, airbag control module, steering wheel and instrument panel airbags, fuel tank, rear stabilizer bar and bracket, front lower air defector, fuel purge valve, and align 4 wheel suspension. No one has an answer to why the airbags deployed only, the rock did it. …”