Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Ford Escort submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I WAS IN A ACCIDENT ON THE 105FWY WEST, GOING BETWEEN 15-25 MPH IN MODERATE MORNING TRAFFIC. I HIT THE BACK OF A CAR, SLAMMED MY FACE AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL, AND SEVERELY DAMAGED MY FRONT HOOD, BUMPER AND ENGINE, WHICH HAS BEEN TOTALED OUT! MY AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY! ITS A 2001 FORD ESCORT, NEVER BEEN IN A ACCIDENT, AND I HAVE NECK, BACK, AND SEVERE JAW PAIN. *TR
FRONT END COLLISION TOTALING FORD ESCORT ZX2 WITHOUT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. *JB
I WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR ACCIDENT WITH ONLY PAINT DAMAGE TO MY FRONT BUMPER. THE OTHER VEHICLE ALSO HAD ONLY PAINT DAMAGE. I WAS STOPPED AND THE OTHER VEHICLE SCRAPED MINE AT A SPEED OF MAYBE 25 MPH. MY AIRBAGS DEPOYED AND CAUSED MORE DAMAGE THAN THE ACCIDENT ITSELF. *NM
WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WAS IMPAIRED, CAUSING HIM TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK *SC *JB
AFTER REAR ENDING A TRAILER AT 55 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 20 MOH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB
I HIT A GUARDRAIL GOING 55 MPH AND THEN PROCEEDED TO BE THROWN DOWN A HILL INTO A FIELD AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED--THANKS. *AK
CONSUMER STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND PUSHED HER INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HIT HER HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, OTHER VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS ACCIDENT HAD DEPLOYED AIRBAGS. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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