Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2005 Ford Taurus

The car was started then it was being shifted from park to drive, the driver side air bag went off, before getting it in to drive (made it to neutral). This happened in the driveway.

I got a flashing code for the air bags, the code shows that the clock spring is broken and this disables the cruise control and the drivers side air bag, this car has only 51,000 mile on it and this part should last for the life of the car.

While driving down a paved two lane road the side airbag on the passenger side of our 2005 Ford Taurus deployed causing approximately $2000 in damage to the vehicle. The vehicle had 64,000 miles on it at the time of the incident and was taken to the local Ford dealer fremont Ford. The dealer analyzed the incident and decided the airbag deployed because the vehicle went into a skid. This was not the case as it was traveling down a straight two lane highway. We appealed the decision to Ford legal and was told since the vehicle was out of warranty there was nothing they would do. I argued airbags were not something you would expect to wear out and Ford should pay for the damage. Ford stated they were not aware of any problems with airbags on their vehicles and there was no appeal process to their decision.

Drivers door collision, vehicle equipped with side air bags but did not deploy. Had bags deployed glass injury would not have occurred.

The contact states there was a popping noise in the steering when turning. The dealership could not find where the noise was coming from. However the suspension worked erratically. There was a tear where the passenger's side airbag was located ,and the light indicates it was off. The dealership was unaware that there was a tear under the airbag and why it happened. Also, they did not check to see if there was an airbag in the vehicle.