Air Bag Problems of Mercury Mountaineer

Exploding airbags filled vehicle with smoke and ash. I received minor burns and abrasions on arms and face, daughter riding in back seat received black eye form flying object and required scan of head to rule out head injury. Was result of accident.

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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. This is a terrible accident. The airbags came out so fast that they had burn marks on them. These airbags were supposed to save peoples lives instead of mangleing their faces. Someone needs to be responsible for this horrific act.

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Faulty airbags: on November 3, 2015 at approximately 0540, the side curtain (both driver side and passenger side) airbags exploded in my 2003 Mercury Mountaineer without cause while I was traveling 55 mph on a major/busy state highway. The explosion of the airbags hit me on my left side causing neck strain and temporary hearing loss to the left ear. I was the only occupant in the vehicle. I was able to safely drive to shoulder of road (I don't remember how I got there), luckily no cars were around me at the time. The explosion also caused the driver side window to fall from its casters and was unable to close window (and the passenger side rear window no longer works). The air in the curtains would not dissipate and I remember not being able to breath well. There was a chemical in the air and do to the curtains, it was difficult to get out of the car. Later in the day I took car to reynolds Ford and was told this was not covered by Ford. I also went to my pcp and was treated with prednisone and ear wash for left ear hearing loss. Later, had drivers window repaired.

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While driving to work one morning all I here was ding ding ding od/off started flashing . Sec later check transmission light came on now when I drive putting foot on the paddle to go it will idel up I release and it will shift n go. Aamco saying that I need a rebuilt tranny that's bs with all what I have been reading it's just a rip off I don't have $3500 to get this fix. Now seeing not once not twice so many complaints I read that people paid for 2 or more tranny for the vehicle's and nothing is been done about it. And the Ford deals knows about it. . . . . Do a human being has to lose their life before Ford dealer's can own up to there responsibility? if they was in our shoes they would want the same thing vice verse they say u reap what you sow. Please please please help up just fix our transmission that's all. . Another thing abs light stays on check engine light stays on the seat belt light stays on all my windows doesn't let down now wtf?.

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The contact owns a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the driver and passenger's side curtain air bags deployed erroneously. The contact sustained injuries to the back as a result. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the technician diagnosed that the air bags needed to be replaced and reset. In addition, the liner around the windows and the safety control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure was 107,000. . . . Updated 03/07/14.

The contact owns a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer. The contact stated that after driving into a parking garage, the air bag warning lamp illuminated and the air bags deployed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 150,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer. While idling at a stop light, the air bags deployed without any prior warnings. An inspector from the insurance agency concluded that the failure was caused by a manufactures defect. The manufacturer was notified, and a representative requested the control restraint module from the dealer to investigate the failure. No repairs were made. She was awaiting a response from the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 11/13/09. The front and rear air bags deployed. Updated 11/16/09.

My wife and mother-in-law were involved in a head on crash on 2/12/2008. The air bags on the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer did not deploy.

On December of 2007, I drove into my garage at a slow speed. I applied the brakes to be able to park the SUV. The car would not stop until it hit the inner wall of the house. The air bag did not go off after the impact. . Took the car in after repair to front of car was done. The dealer's service department could not find anything wrong. 01/10/08 on June 17, 2008, my husband was parking the car to let me out to go to the doctor's office, the SUV would not stop until my husband put the SUV in park and shut the engine off.

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My 2004 Mercury Mountaineer has a crack in the lift gate that appeared a year after I brought it from the dealership. At first I thought it was something I might have done but every one I ran across has the same identical crack in the same area. People I spoke with said it just showed up one day. Is there a recall on this defect?.