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  Defect Investigation of Frontal Air Bag Non-deployment In Crash

Investigation of Frontal Air Bag Non-deployment In Crash

Subject: Frontal air bag non-deployment in crash
Components covered:
  • Front air bags
Investigations Summary: This investigation was opened on Jan. 6, 2003. It was closed on Jul. 2, 2003. Ford motor company has identified 260 reports alleging frontal air bag non-deployment for any (severity) frontal or near-frontal crash on model year 2000-2001 Ford taurus and Mercury sable vehicles. Additional crash reports are contained in NHTSA's fatality analysis reporting system (fars) database. The single odi report listed in the report summary is NHTSA's special crash investigation's case no. Ca00-020 that involved a high-speed crash non-deployment involving a driver fatality and front passenger injury. This preliminary evaluation has been upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea03-010) and odi will collect additional information on certain crash reports and conduct further study of this issue.
Vehicles Affected by this investigation:
  • 2000 Ford Taurus
  • 2001 Ford Taurus
  • 2000 Mercury Sable
  • 2001 Mercury Sable

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