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 1993 Mercury Sable submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
DRIVER INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSING MAJOR INJURIES.*MR THE IMPACT OF THE AIRBAG CAUSED CATARACTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ALONG WITH GLAUCOMA, WHILE THE CHEMICAL BURNED THE CONSUMER'S FACE AND MELTED HER EYES.*TS *JB
CONSUMER RECEIVED A CODE 35 WARNING FOR AIR BAG. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW AIR BAG MODULE. *AK
CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING IGNITION PROBLEMS.*JB
AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHES ON AND OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT A CONTROL MODULE IN STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
RECEIVED ABRASIONS/BURNS FROM AIRBAG.SEATBELT NOT SECURED. *AK
I WAS IN A SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT WITH MY SABLE, MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND MY DRIVERSIDE DID NOT, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT FORD WAS NOTIFIED. I STILL HAVE OT HEARD NOTHING.
CAR STRUCK ANOTHER CAR IN THE REAR. CAR WAS "TOTALED". DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
EVER SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 1997, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING, AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES DURING AN TRAVEL PERIOD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHEN REMOVING FOOT FROM GAS VEHICLES SPEED DOES NOT DECREASE, SPEED REMAINS THE SAME FOR SEVERAL MILES IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG SYSTEM, WHICH MAY NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT ACROSS CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND HE HIT HER HEAD-ON, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. *AK
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD.
THE DRIVER STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND STARTED THE VEHICLE UP, AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER DID NOT HIT ANYTHING TO MAKE THE AIR BAG DEPLOY. *AK
PULLED INTO PARKING LOT ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP & HIT LEFT FRONT BUMPER AREA. RIPPED THE BUMPER COMPLETELY OFF. UPON THE INITIAL IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
AIR BAGS: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, LIGHT CHANGED, PULLED OFF AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.CAUSE OF DEPLOYMENT IS UNKNOWN. *AK
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 20-25 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT WILL INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE, INDICATING MALFUNCTIONING OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG. DEALER STATES THE CAUSE IS THE AIR BAG SENSOR. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY
WAS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY .*AK CONSUMER WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.*JB
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING AN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
VERY LOW SPEED IMPACT, FRONTAL COLLISION, FENDER BENT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER SHE HIT HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL, AND BROKE ARM IN 3 PLACES. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT. *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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