Side/window Air Bag problems of the 1996 Ford Ranger

Six problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 1996 Ford Ranger. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/14/2002

Vehicle was at a complete stop and was hit on the driver side by another vehicle, and only the driver side air bag deployed, and burnt the driver face. Please provide more details. Ts.

2 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/04/2002

While driving at 35 mph in a frontal collision the driver side air bag didn't deploy upon impact. Please provide more details. Ts.

3 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/16/1999

The drivers side airbag deployed in a rear end crash that pushed my vehicle into another vehicle. When the airbag deployed something was aparently was ejected from the bag assembly that struck the interior roof of truck doing noticable damage to the headline and roof. The servicing dealer, berge Ford in mesa az is not willing to admit that the damage was caused by the airbag. I do not agree with that.

4 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/23/1997

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 35mph, driver's side airbag deployed after impact, resulting in an injury.

5 Side/window Air Bag problem

Vehicle was involved in a direct frontal impact at 20 mph in which there was no deployment of driver's or passenger's side airbags. Also, motor mounts broke in low speed crash. Cause unknown.

6 Side/window Air Bag problem

Unspecified: passenger side air bag was making a rattling noise and had to be replaced.


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