Eight problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2001 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Expedition based on all problems reported for the 2001 Expedition.
The contact owns a 2001 Ford Expedition. While driving 25 mph, the contact t-boned into another vehicle. The front end of the vehicle was pushed back to the middle where the tires are located. The cross member of the front of the frame split in half. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustained injuries to the head, chest, and knee. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The contact has pictures. The current and failure mileages were 130,000.
On 2 February 2008, my wife put our 2001 Ford Expedition in reverse to back into a parking spot. At this moment the vehicle accelerated at an extreme rate of speed backwards. My wife attempted several times to gain control of the vehicle. The brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The vehicle glanced off one wall into a small vehicle causing minor damage, ran into another small vehicle causing major damage, crashing into a brick wall of a church, spun around, and landed on the porch of a residents home for final rest, causing damage to the residents home. Our 2001 Ford Expedition is totaled out. The airbags never deployed. There were no major injuries to individuals involved.
Seat belt latch failed then front air bags failed to deploy.
: the contact stated the vehicle was in an accident in an intersection while traveling 40 mph and the airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was taken to the service dealer but the reason why the airbag did not deploy had not been determined. A police report was filed. The insurance company deemed the vehicle totalled. Updated 01/19/07.
My Ford Expedition was rear ended by a large garbage truck. My air bag did not deploy at that hit. My truck went into a spin and hit another vehicle with the front and driver side and again the airbag did not deploy. I sustained broken ribs, black eye, bruised jaw, and bruised tailbone. Why didn't my airbag go off to alleviate the injuries to me?.
The vehicle was involved in a roll over accident, and the air bags did not deploy.
While driving about 50 mph rear ended vehicle in front that was stopped, and air bags did not deploy.
While pulling out of a store parking lot swerved vehicle to miss pedestrian, lost control of vehicle, and air bags didnot deploy. Also, hit concrete bus bench/ fire hydrant, and wooden fence. Had not contacted dealer.