general problems of the 1996 Ford Explorer

Seven problems related to air bag have been reported for the 1996 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/04/2017

I was driving my Ford Explorer and my tire on the driver frontside went out and my steering wheel locked up on me and then my vehicle hit the curve and flipped over 15 or 16 times before it stopped I was feeling all over the road I had my set belt on but my air bags never came out and I was only going 25 or 30 and I was on a city street turning into the next lane when the tire went out and my vehicle flipped yes police account report #170042354 I'm not sure what happened I was in shock that it happened so quickly and I was happy to be a live my Ford Explorer is totally destroyed.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/10/2011

I had a accident on sept 10 2011. I had my seatbelt on when I crashed but it didn't catch and actually came undone. The deputy investigating also noticed that the seatbelt would not even catch into the receiving part of the seatbelt anymore. This is a real safety matter.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/02/2002

Bought Ford Explorer in 1996, new. Filed a complaint with bbb regarding problems. Nothing was achieved. In November of 2002 was in an accident where the vehicle rolled over, my seat belt did not lock, nor did the air bags deploy, which resulted in severe injuries to myself. Broken neck (c-2, tbi tramic brain injury and broken bones. I beleive the failure of the seat belt, roof stability and airbags malfunction caused my injuries. The driver and other occupant received no serious injuries. Nothing was done to correct the failure as you can see in the numerous law suits againist Ford motor CO.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/09/2001

Vehicle was going 30-35mph and flipped over driver's seat belt wouldn't unlock, leaving consumer in a upside down position. Consumer used a screw driver to unlatch the seat belt. Dealer and manufacturer were notified. Seat belt part# trw tc077. The air bag also failed during the accident. The cause for losing control of the vehicle was due to the tire which rolled off from the safety rim.

5 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/10/1999

The driver of the vehicle was involved in a accident, the vehicle was hit on the rear left side which caused the driver to loose control of the vehicle resulting in it rolling over 3 1/4 times, the passenger was killed and the driver sustained extensive injuries including a broken neck, the consumer believes that the recall 00v-402 for front sway bars may or may not have contributed to the accident and was received after the accident occured, during the accident neither air bags deployed. Nlm.

6 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/18/1996

No deployment of air bag during vehicle collision.

7 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/03/1996

No deployment of airbags during collision, causing injuries.


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