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 2000 Ford F-350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A ELEVATED CRANE PILLAR WHILE DRIVING 20-30 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WERE BOTH RESTRAINED IN THEIR SEAT BELT. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, BUT THE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE DUE TO HEAD INJURIES. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *JB
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 55 MPH, IMPACTING A HEARD OF COWS. ONE OF THE COWS ENDED UP IN THE ENGINE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED DUE TO THE OCCUPANTS WEARING SEAT BELTS.*AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG HAD AN ON/OFF SWITCH INSTALLED. *AK
DRIVERS AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT. *AK
I T-BONED A VEHICLE THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. I WAS TRAVELLING BETWEEN 50 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE TO MY PICKUP. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I FEEL I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS INJURED IF MY AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED.*AK
AIR BAG(S) FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED FACE,HEAD, CHEST AND NECK INJURIES. *AK
VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL AT 35-40 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DAMAGE $ 7000 *JB
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAIL COLLISION OF 55 MPH IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE MOSTLY TO THE CENTER OF THE HOOD. THE HOOD WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH RADIATOR, BUMPER AND WINDSHIELD. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE REASON AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *YH
DRIVER GOING 55 MPH AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TRIED TO OVER CORRECT IT & WENT OFF THE ROAD & HIT A TREE HEAD-ON. VEHICLE END OVERENDED BEFORE ROLLING 3 TIMES. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHCLE WAS TOTALED. PASSENGER IN HOSPITAL WITH LEG INJURIES/ BROKEN COLLAR BONE & BRUISES OVER BODY. DRIVER HAD BRUISES & EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY TOTALLED, AND NO AIRBAGS WENT OFF. FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS PUSHED IN 18 INCHES.*AK
VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT, AND CONSUMER PULLED OFF ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, AND THE OTHER VEHICLE TRIED TO MAKE A U-TURN, AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BROADSIDE. FRONT END WAS SMASHED, AND DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF . ALSO, ABS BRAKES DIDN'T KICK IN AT ALL.*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.
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