Air Bag Related Problems of the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer

Table 1 shows four common air bag related problems of the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer. The number one most common problem is related to the side/window air bag (five problems). The second most common problem is related to the air bag (four problems).

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Mercury Mountaineer


Recently reported Air Bag problems of the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer

The Side/window Air Bag problem

I was driving down the street and all of a sudden my side airbags deployed. I did not hit a pot hole, there was no accident, they went off by themselves.   Read details...

The Air Bag problem

My son was driving to work on August 6, 2015. Something happened, and he ran off the road and hit a tree. At that point the airbag cover flew totally off, instead and falling down as it is supposed to. The cover itself gashed my sons forehead from left to right, and he lost his right eye.   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

My 2004 Mercury Mountaineer accelerated on it's own as I was pulling into a parking space. The vehicle made a roaring sound. My foot never left the brake pedal and I could not stop it. I jumped the curb, went over a grassy area, over the sidewalk and did not stop until I hit a concrete building at   Read details...


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