Air Bag On-off Switch Problems of Ford Escape

The contact owned a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 35 mph, the contact depressed the brake pedal and was rear ended by another vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The driver's seat fell backwards due to the impact. As a result, the contact lost control of the steering and crashed into the guardrail. The air bags failed to deploy. In addition, the key failed to release from the ignition switch and the doors failed to open, which prevented the contact from exiting the vehicle. The contact sustained back and chest injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a tow lot. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v643000 (latches/locks/linkages). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

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There are two specific but related problems reported to Ford without resolution: 1. Dome light assembly - switch burnt: in early 2014 the manual slide switch on the dome light shorted out and melted – burning the inside of the assembly. Thus, the switch would no longer operate properly. It was disconnected by the owner. A Ford replacement assembly was purchased in September, 2014, which replaced the defective assembly. The assembly had an engineering change which eliminated the manual slide switch. Owner has pictures and has retained the defective assembly. Note: the melting of the slide switch and burning of the plastic housing could have ignited the headliner. Very dangerous. 2. Air bag fuse: when replacing the dome light assembly, it was noticed that a fuse had blow due to the switch melting. The fuse panel was accessed and it was verified that fuse #25 (demand lamps) was open. A spare fuse, per the owner’s manual, was moved from position #32 (spare) to position #25. The new dome light now worked properly. However, the next day it was noticed that the srs (safety restraint system) light was on which indicated a possible problem with the srs. The car was brought to the dealer on September 30, 2014. It was determined by the dealer that fuse position #32 is really not a spare as indicated in the owner’s manual – it is instead the fuse that controls the restraints control module circuit which when it was removed caused the srs light to appear. (of course the dealer charged for the service!) subject vehicle owner’s manual can be found online. ) note: the owner’s manual must be changed to reflect the appropriate fuse locations. If someone had to use the spare fuse incorrectly marked, while driving remotely, and then subsequently got into an accident, the airbags would not deploy! very dangerous.

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My wife's 02 Ford Escape (with less than 50k miles) just had one of the gas tank straps break due to corrosion. Major fire/safety hazard if the gas tank hits the ground. Very similar issue known with f150. The dealer is charging us $1k to fix!!! this same car is also in the shop every other month for a faulty airbag switch/relay that we've spent hundreds of dollars to fix. The Ford motor company makes me sick! why is it so hard for these guys to do the right thing? it blows my mind.

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The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape. The contact stated that she does not weigh enough for the passenger side air bag on indicator to remain illuminated. The dealer did not know how to disable the air bag on-off switch assembly. The fuel system and powertrain were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 10,000.

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In April 2005 my airbag light came on. Took it to Ford autoland and was told I needed to pay to have some switch or module replaced cost over 400. 00 dollars. Had the repairs completed and now 18 months later same problem and I am told I have to pay another $400 to fix same problem.

2005 Ford Escape XLT air bags failed to deploy. The consumer stated last year he hit a deer and the air bag did not deploy and just recently he hit another animal and the air bag failed to deploy again. The consumer stated he had the passenger side switch turned to the off position.

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