Air Bag Problems of Ford Explorer Sport

I was driving in semi wet conditions, going downhill and engaged the overdrive off button. The vehicle started to shimmy and shake, then fish tailed, resulting in me hitting an embankment and flipping the vehicle. Neither airbag deployed! I was able to crawl out of the wreck but the truck was totaled. This is the second time the vehicle did the exact same thing (except the crash), in the same weather conditions. The first time, I was able to get the vehicle under control.

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My wife was driving home from work during an ice storm and lost control of her 2001 Ford Explorer Sport SUV and struck a tree. She was traveling approximately 25 mph at the time of the accident. No air bags deployed during the head on collision with the tree. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company and it sustained major sheetmetal and frame damage. The radiator was pushed in and destroyed.

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While driving on a heavily traveled road, driver 2 cars ahead of me came to a dead stop. Vehicle in front of me hit brakes hard, I also hit my brakes hard, on wet pavement. The anti-lock brake system did not kick in, and the brakes locked up. My car slid into the rear end of driver in front of me doing extensive damage to the front end of my vehicle. As I had just come through a traffic light, I was not going more than about 25 miles per hour. The wet pavement caused my car to skid quite a ways. The damage to my vehicle included the entire bumper cover buckling, both of my headlights and turn signals were damaged and broken out. None of the components were pushed back into the engine compartment. Neither the driver side or passenger side front air bags deployed. My passenger was jolted forward and almost hit the windshield despite having seat belt on. I was jolted forward as well with seat belt on, and my chest hit the steering wheel.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport. While driving 35 mph during inclement weather, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the divider on the highway. During the crash none of the air bags in the vehicle deployed. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact was taken to the hospital for injuries to the neck and back. The contact called the manufacturer to file a complaint and the manufacturer disconnected the call. The contact stated that the manufacturer should take responsibility for the repairs to this vehicle. The failure mileage was 83,000.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer Sport. She stated that she heard a constant beeping noise. The dealer stated that the control panel caused the failure and this could result in the airbags deploying without warning. As a result, the dealer disconnected the airbags. The beeping noise continued to occur. As of may 19, 2008, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 100,000.

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While driving 40 mph, the srs light, abs light and check engine light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Suddenly, the front wheels locked and the vehicle flipped over. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. The cause has not been determined at this time. Please provide further details.

I don't know if this is the right place to file this complaint but its worth a shot. My mother owned a 2002 Ford Explorer Sport. My brother was driving it home to kansas city from st. Louis missouri. The weather was perfect, the roadways were perfect, there was nothing wrong with the car, the air bags deployed, he wasn't speeding. However, he drove off the side of the highway, over corrected it to gain control and fish-tailed. Witnesses say that it looked like he had control again and then it rolled, killing him. Him and the passenger were both wearing seat belts; however, the top crushing him in is what killed him. These vehicles like other SUV's have a high roll-over rate yet people keep buying them. Something needs to be done to prevent any other families from experiencing this tragedy. Now obviously whatever happens won't bring me back my brother but I'd hate to see this happen to someone else. Why can't the tops be made out of a different material? something that makes them not top heavy and something that won't buckle if it does roll? or why not take them off the market? I know that is a little drastic since we know the danger but we keep buying them, its kind of like smoking a cigarette. I just wanted to speak my voice in hopes we can prevent this from happening to someone else.

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While driving at 60 mph consumer heard a loud noise, the passenger tire blew up. At the same time consumer lost the control and hit the guard rail. Upon impact, none of the air bags deployed. Consumer sustained arm injury and two fractures, had 100 stitches.

Consumer loss control of the vehicle and hit some trees, and none of the air bags deployed. One person was injured.