Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2005 Ford Escape

I was traveling at 60 mph on a highway interchange. I hydroplaned, lost control of my vehicle, and hit a guard rail with the front driver's side head on. My vehicle bounced off the guard rail, traveled backwards, and hit the guardrail on the other side of the road on the driver's side rear. The car spun 90 degrees and came to a rest with the passenger side against the guard rail, opposing highway traffic flow. The airbags did not deploy, despite a 60-mph collision. The suspension, wheel, and shock fell off in the collision.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 mph, she fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed. The air bags did not deploy. The contact was taken to the hospital with major injuries to her lungs, chin, arms, and lower back. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 141,000. The VIN was not available.

I wrecked into a mailbox then a trashcan then several small trees before hitting a big tree and bouncing three feet back. . The airbags did not deploy , the front end of my vehicle is totaled out completely. Repair cannot be done.

On 10/18/12 I was involved in a motor vehicle accident with my 2005 Ford Escape. My vehicle slammed into an embankment, crushing the drivers side of the vehicle, and there was a large crack near the luggage rack extending the length of the vehicle on the drivers side at some points I could visually see into the crack and into the vehicle interior. Drivers side of vehicle hit head on into tree at 55mph, but airbags did not deploy. Both headlights popped out, hood crinkled, and there was extensive front end damage. Rear window on drivers side broken. Vehicle was totaled.

My daughter was involved in a crash with my 2005 Ford Escape. She went off the road due to a deer running out in front of her and went into a ditch and the air bags did not deploy. There was front end damage and passenger front side damage when vehicle collided with a tree.

My wife was driving our 2005 Ford Escape. She failed to yield and hit a 2006 Dodge charger, that was going close to 45 mph, in the passenger's side smashing in both of his doors. The front of her car is damaged enough to break off the engine mount, front bumper is gone, windshield wiper fluid reservoir was actually on the pavement. All of this and the airbags were not deployed. The shop that the car is being repaired at says that the airbags should have been deployed in this type of accident. Had this been at a slightly higher speed we would be looking at a death, not an injury.

I was involved in a minor car accident when my airbag deployed and caused 2nd degree burns to both of my top forearms, I also fractured my right wrist that separated the cartilage in my wrist and required surgery. I am a healthy, active 42 year old woman never been in an accident. I believe the airbag did not deploy correctly and may even need to be recalled to make sure it was installed efficiently. The burns sustained to my arms are not consistent with typical burns from airbags that I have researched. The bag itself did not come out straight, nor even hit my chest, it came out of the top of the steering wheel. I want to prevent this from happening to others.

Driving in the west virginia mountains and had a head on collision with a deer. Airbags did not deploy on 2005 Ford Escape xls. Indicator on dash boards indicates airbags deployed but they didn't.

The consumers air bags did not deploy during front impact collision. (12/01/05).

2005 Ford Escape XLT roll over resulted in a fatal death. The lift gate and door were opened during the roll over of SUV. The air bags failed to deployed. I lost my wife in this roll over. My self and my brother's wife got major injuries. This model has automatic 4 wheel engagement. During the crash the engine pumped more power to the wheels. Tried to control but becuase of more power from the engine the driver could not control it and got over corrected which ended up in ditch. That finally, ended up in a roll over. My wife got ejected from the vehicle and died on the spot due to blunt force trauma to head and chest.

While changing lanes at approximately 65 mph the vehicle hit a sheet of black ice. Vehicle began to spin out of control and hit a guard rail head on. Upon impact the front air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle sustained over $20,000. 00 worth of damage and was deemed totaled.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that was driving approximately 30 mph in icy weather and lost control of the vehicle, causing the vehicle to roll over four times and crash into an embankment. The air bags did not deploy. The police reported to the scene and a report was filed. The contact sustained bruising and head injuries, and was transported to the hospital via ambulance. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.