Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2003 Ford Explorer

The contact owned a 2003 Ford Explorer. While driving at an unknown rate of speed on a highway, the contact was involved in a head on collision with another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The other vehicle rolled over and the contact's vehicle stopped at the median. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a mild concussion, a bruised sternum, back and neck pains. The contact received medical treatment. The vehicle was towed to a yard and destroyed. The vehicle was not diagnosed by a dealer or mechanic. The approximate failure mileage was 319,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving at 50 mph, the front and rear driver's side tires blew out, which caused the vehicle to flip over several times. The contact stated the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact suffered injuries to the lower back, arm, knees, while the passenger suffered an inflammation of the lower back. The driver and passenger both required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to an independent facility. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Ah.

The contact owned a 2003 Ford Explorer. While driving 45 mph, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a guardrail. The air bags did not deploy. The driver suffered lacerations to the left arm and required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 260,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph in heavy rain, the vehicle hydroplaned, flipped over, and crashed into a rail. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and one injury was reported that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 189,000.

The contact owned a 2003 Ford Explorer. While driving 35 mph, another vehicle crashed into the front end of the contact's vehicle. The front driver side air bag failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the head, back, and knees that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,404.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Explorer. While driving 70 mph, the contact swerved to miss a wild hog in the road. She drove into the path of oncoming traffic, slammed on the brakes, and the vehicle rolled over three times. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed to the shop where it currently remains. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The VIN, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 65,000.

1. While stopped on the interstate waiting for traffic to move, my 2003 Ford Explorer XLT was rear-ended by another SUV traveling at presumably highway speed. As a result, my SUV was propelled forward, hitting the rear of another vehicle. 2. **drivers side airbag did not deploy. ** passenger's side airbag deployed (the driver was the only passenger). * base, and possibly the back, of the drivers seat broke. ** (I was restrained in a seat belt. ) I hit the roof of the vehicle, hitting my head quite hard on the rubber gasket edge of the moonroof, and when landing I think I hit my nose on the steering wheel. When I landed, the base of the seat broke. . . When looking at it from the side (looking at the controls), the base of the seat has a bend in it like an upside-down v, and the seat back appears to be reclined. I still have a knot and pain on the top of my head, my neck is stiff and now sometimes pops/cracks/crunches when I turn my head, my left shoulder joint is very sore, and I have some dull intermittent lower back pain. Besides temporary bleeding immediately after the accident, I am unaware of any damage to my nose. 3. No repair has been done. Insurance damage estimate is pending, but I expect it will be considered totaled.

The contact states the driver's side and the passenger's side air bags did not deploy during an accident. The contact's daughter was driving at 55-60 mph when a dog jumped in front of the vehicle, causing it to hit the dog. The vehicle is in the body shop to be repaired. Consumer has contacted the manufacturer. They told him to take the vehicle to the local dealership to be tested to determine the cause for the airbags not deploying. There was no indication that there was a malfunction with the air bags in the vehicle. The vehicle belonged to the contact's daughter.

The consumer hit a telephone pole at 30 mph when he/she tried to avoid hitting another motorist. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. The manufacturer was contacted by owner.

Driving on semi-clear road about 40 mph, air temperature was -7 degrees. Hit black ice and went off the road and into a ditch. The Explorer hit a tree stump on the front left corner of bumper and wheel. The truck did not roll over during the accident. Both the driver and passenger were wearing the seat belt/shoulder belt. Both frontal air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustained a fracture/compression of the l1 vertbrae (spine) due to the seat belt (seat-belt syndrome). The truck sustained heavy damage to the front, front wheel and engine area. The repair mechanic did perform a check of the air bag system during the repair of the vehicle and the system checked out as normal. No air bag system part had been replaced during the repair.

When the consumer hit a deer at 35 mph the air bags did not deploy. The consumer continued to drive. . Please provide more information. After hitting the deer the air bag gases deployed and spread throughout the cabin of the vehicle. However, the air bags did not deploy. After impact, the air bag indicator light on the dashboard remained illuminated.

While driving about 50 mph, the owner was hit from the front of vehicle, into the side of another vehicle yet the air bags failed to deploy. Provide further details.

Wife was involved in a crash and air bags did not deploy. Question: are air bags set to deploy depending on impact speed and or force?.

Consumer lost control of vehicle and an accident occurred. The vehicle began to shake from right to left. The consumer could not control the vehicle. The vehicle was moving on it's own. The air bags did not deploy. The consumer crashed into the border wall, spun around, and stopped on the other side.

I was recently involved in an automobile accident while driving my 2003 Ford Explorer. Another driver pulled out from a stop sign directly in front of me while I was traveling approximately 40 mph. My Explorer experienced significant damage to the front end. The entire front end of the vehicle needs to be replaced. During this accident neither of the front air bags deployed. I am just begining to make contacts to try and get an explaination as to why the air bags did not deploy. Digital photos of the damaged vehicle are availble.

When driving 65 mph, another vehicle cut in front of consumer's vehicle. This caused the consumer to lose control of the vehicle and hit a guard rail head on. Upon impact, both front air bags did not deploy.

I was involved in a front end collision with my 2003 Ford Explorer. Photographic evidence clearly shows the point of impact with a large pole to the left of center towards the drivers side. The passenger side air bag deployed, the drivers side air bag failed to deploy. I sustained serious head injuries due to a concussion as a result of the air bag failing to deploy. I don't know my speed because I had fallen asleep while driving, but it was fast enough that the passenger side air bag did go off. I believe my resulting injuries and lost of work would have been significantly less had the drivers side air bag deployed as it should have.

While driving 50-55 mph vehicle went off the road into a ditch and hit a telephone pole. Upon impact, front air bags did not deploy.

Consumer states that vehicle was in a collision. Upon impact,both front air bags did not deploy. Dealer notified.