general problems of the 2004 Ford Explorer

The contact's son owned a 2004 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while her son was driving in the rain at approximately 35 mph, the vehicle hydroplaned as he rounded a corner. The vehicle slid into a ditch and hit a tree on the passenger side of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. The contact's son and his friend were both transported to the hospital for their injuries. Her son was treated for soreness to various part of his body and was released the same day. Her son's friend had to remain in the hospital overnight and his injuries were unknown. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed from the to independent collision center where it remained in their possession. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired or destroyed. The failure mileage was approximately 153,000.

The airbag on the drivers side did not deploy during the crash. The vehicle was traveling at 50 mph as indicated on the speedometer. Vehicle was on the highway at the time of impact. This failure resulted in multiple injuries to the driver.

Significant front end impact with no airbag deployment. Vehicle was moving forward at the time of the accident on a city street.

Driver #1(me) was traveling south on statesville rd. Driver #1 stated that she was initially a few car lengths behind vehicle #2. Driver #1 stated that vehicle #2 made a sudden stop. Driver #1 stated that she could not stop in time and struck vehicle #2 in the rear. Driver #2 stated that he stopped to turn into center and was rear ended by vehicle #1. Witnesses, stated that the driver of the Honda (vehicle #2) appeared to have over shot his turn, and slammed on his brakes to make a right turn into the pva.

The morning of the incident my wife turn the car on to warm it up before taking the kids to school and she was sitting in the driver's side when the airbag pop by it self she hurt her left arm and right arm called Ford the same day of the incident and they told me to wait a couple of days for they could send a letter to me for I could take it to a dealer waited and took it they took a look at it and pulled the restraints control module and installed a new one and waited for Ford to look at the module they pulled they send me a letter saying nothing was wrong with the module and they could not tell me why airbag pop.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Explorer. While driving 45 mph she hit a deer. The air bag only opened in the column of the steering wheel. Powder residue came out of the air bag but the air bag did not come out at all. No one was injured; yet, there was damage to the front end of the vehicle. The vehicle was drivable to her residence. The dealer was contacted and informed her to bring the vehicle in for inspection. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 109,000.

On 1-17-2010 @ approx 5:30 am I was enroute to work, it was raining heavily, I hit a puddle of water in the road, hydroplaned and hit head-on with a large tree. My 2004 Ford Explorer received over 12000. 00 in damages and was totaled. I received chest/breast injuries. No air bags ever deployed. I contacted Ford motors who stated they would respond to me within 15 days regarding this defect. To this date I have not received any response.

Consumer was hit head on by another driver that was heading south and went left of center, hitting consumer who was headed north. This caused consumer's vehicle to become airborne, flipping, rolling and landing on passenger side.

2004 Explorer 4dr; driver's airbag poor fit, coming off steering wheel.