Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2003 Ford Escape

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle slid on ice, crossed over two lanes, and crashed into a cement wall head on the air bag failed to deploy. The contact sustained head, shoulder, neck, and lower back injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a police towing lot. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle felt as if it were accelerating independently. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not offer assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at 67 mph, the cruise control failed to disengage. As a result, the contact crashed into an embankment and the vehicle rolled over multiple times. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained minor scrapes and bruises and the two passengers in the rear of the vehicle sustained bumps, bruises and scrapes that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 12v353000 (engine and engine cooling , vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000. Oo.

We have a 2003 Ford Escape the airbag light has came on and went off spuratically in the past 3 years but went out. This time it has stayed on so we took it to the Ford dealer and they said the seat belt wiring harness on both the front seats was bad and if there was an accident the air bag might not deploy the vehicle has never been in water so there is no reason for the wires to be bad other then they where inadequate to begin with. They saied to fix it they would have to take out the seats pull the carpet back and replace the harnesses.

Vehicle has been to the Ford dealership 5 times because the air bag light will illuminate and stay on. When the air bag light is on, the air bags will not deploy. The problem has been a faulty connector to the front air bags (3 times), the side airbags (1 time) and the seat belt sensor (1 time). The last incident was after the warranty expired and it was a struggle getting Ford to pay for the repair. Lesson learned: document everything and contact a lawyer before the warranty expires.

: the contact stated while driving 35 mph on normal road conditions, the vehicle had a collision with another vehicle. The airbags did not deploy. The seat belts were worn however the contact was injured with a sternum fracture. A police report was filed at the scene of the accident. The fire department evacuated the driver to the nearest hospital. The vehicle was taken to a body shop but they were not able to determine why the airbags and seat belts failure occurred.

Air bag light would sporadically come on. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The problem was found in the front seat belt buckles, the sensors and wires that help deploy the air bags were defective. N case of an accident the air bags would have not deployed. The dealer repaired all the seat belt buckles.

2003 Ford Escape was involved in a collision, the front end received massive damage. My complaint is that the air bag did not deploy. My daughter was driving , hit her head. The police officer on the scene made the statement that the airbag should have deployed. The car is at the auto shop for estimate, as of 10-10-05 the estimate has hit 9300. 00, with more expected.

Potential safety defect in the 2003 Ford Escape. The consumer was involved in an accident and the airbag failed to deploy. The consumer did not state if he was injured.

My wife, donna p. Wright, was involved in an accident on 12/10/2004 at approx. 7:15 am on marriottsville road # 2 in eldersburg, MD. The accident involved our 2003 Ford Escape and Ford f350 truck pulling a trailer with a bobcat heavy equipment. It was raining heavily at the time. The Ford truck was approaching a curve when its trailer jacknifed and hit my wife's Ford Escape head on. According to the body shop owner who towed our car, the frame was bent in two feet. There was extensive damage to the engine, bumper, hood, radiator and bumper. The car was totaled. However, the airbags did not deeply. Fortunately, my wife Escaped with minor injuries (cuts and bruises). I immediately notified Ford motor company consumer relations. Their response was that if I wanted to determine what caused the airbags not to deploy, that I would have to take the vehicle to a Ford dealership and pay for the test of the sensor. I find that rather ridiculous.

The consumer was involved in a rear end collision in his 2003 Ford Escape. Upon impact the air bags did not deploy. Prior to the accident, the vehicle was taken to the dealer on 6 six occasions because the air bag light illuminated.

The consumer was involved in an accident yet the vehicle's air bags did not deploy. The consumer sustained a sprained neck and hematoma caused by the seat belt. The consumer took the vehicle in for service due to the airbag light intermittently coming on and eventually staying on. Consumer suffered injuries to the neck as a result of the air bag not deploying. Police report was taken. Consumer was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

While driving between 35 to 40 mph vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Driver wore a seat belt.