general problems of the 1999 Ford F-150

Seven problems related to air bag have been reported for the 1999 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/12/2015

Went to stop at light had no brakes with no warning. I hit the car in front of me in the rear this also caused a delayed release of the air bags. This appears to be problem going back years that Ford or the government wont do anything about.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/10/2006

In a 45 mile an hour roll over in a Ford f150 my son as a passenger wearing his seat belt was ejected from the vehicle causing great bodily harm. The seat assembly broke loose from the floor frame, seat belt broke and he was along with the driver ejected through the passenger door which opened during the roll over. After ejection of the passengers the truck traveled over a small bank into a stream bed and exploded into fire.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/08/2005

The contact states there is NHTSA recall campaign 05v388000 concerning the vehicle speed control:cruise control. The parts needed for recall repairs were not available at the local dealership. He spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available at this time. Updated 12/27/2005. The tires had excessive wear at 20000 miles. The seat belt roller has been replaced three times. The air bag control was replaced. Both doors had stress fractures. The rear brake lines were not secured properly which resulted in wear . The wheel hubs came off while driving at highway speed. The driver side exterior rearview mirror was defective.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/05/2003

After a minor bump was hit in the road at 10 mph, the front air bag inadvertently deployed, which caused the consumer to pull over.

5 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/22/2001

Airbags deployed without an impact, while moving in vehicle.

6 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/07/2001

No summary listed for above vehicle.

7 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 04/18/2000

Consumer was involved in an accident where the vehicle was hit and ended up facing oncoming traffic, another vehicle hit head on and the airbags experienced no deployment, the consumer was injured in the accident. (attorney for client).




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