Air Bag Not Deploy Problems of Ford Thunderbird

Ford Thunderbird owners have reported 7 problems related to air bag not deploy (under the air bag category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Thunderbird based on all problems reported for the Thunderbird.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2003 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 05/30/2016

Tl- the contact owns 2003 Ford Thunderbird. The contact stated that while stopped in traffic. The contact was rear ended by the vehicle behind. The contact crashed into the vehicle in front. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained neck and back injuries that required medical attention. The passenger sustained a conclusion and back injury that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The manufactuer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage 160,000. Ns.

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2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2002 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 07/01/2013

Air bag light will not go off. Was told by dealer caused by a defective clockspring. More than likely this cause air bag not to be deployed if needed. . I feel this is a safety issue and Ford should address this problem. From other sources on line this appears to be a major problem with this make and model. Ford refuses to accept responsibility and leaves it up to the owner to have repaired $700. 00.

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3 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 02/11/2005

Consumer's vehicle was hit from the rear while driving, and this caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, and it crashed into the concrete barrier. Vehicle flipped into a ditch. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. Driver sustained injuries, and was transported by ambulance to a hospital. Vehicle was towed ands totaled by the insurance company. The consumers vehicle was hit in the front while parked off the road. Updated 02/28/06.

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4 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2002 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 12/13/2004

When the consumer applied the brakes abruptly the vehicle kept going and hit the vehicle in front of him. The air bag did not deploy.

5 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 08/21/2000

Consumer was traveling about 15mph on highway and was approaching a stop sign, she turnied into driveway when vehicle collided into another vehicle. Upon impact, driver's air bag did not deploy. Consumer wanted to know why airbag did not go off.

6 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 04/01/2000

Vehicle t-boned another at 45-50 mph, neither airbag deployed. No injuries, damage to vehicle was $ 7000. 00. This was the second accident where the airbags did not deploy. Nlm.

7 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Ford Thunderbird

Failure Date: 04/16/1999

Car was involved in collision and when brakes where applied all wheels locked up and was unable to steer doing about 40 mph but car is equipped with abs system - the brakes have been worked on twice in 2 years both by Ford dealers. Should this have happened with abs. Also neither air bag deployed even though it was the front end that has suffered damage (don't know cost yet) front bumper, hood, head light, driver side front quarter panel and driver door are all damaged. Not only did the air bags not deploy, but after accident the air bag light on dash flashed on and off repeatedly, and along with this the shoulder harnesses on seats did tighten, but not enough to hold people back to where one passenger in the back hit their face on the back of the front seat. Luckily there were not injuries.


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