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 1995 Mercury Villager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER CHEST. *NM
WHILE AT A STOP, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND WAS THEN PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. TS *JB
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, AND THEN PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *SLC
WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. AIR BAG DID NOT INNFLATE, AND JUST OOZED OUT OF THIS SIDE OF HOUSING COVER A LITTLE. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL, INJURING FACE/LEG AND HIP. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED IN THE CRASH.*AK THE STEERING WHEEL COVER NEVER CAME OFF. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED MAJOR INJUJRY TO THE DRIVER. *YH
WHILE DRIVING ON FARM 1385, TRAVELLING 55MPH AND GOING NORTH AT NIGHT, HIT A BLACK COW ON THE ROAD, AND AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DRIVER WORE A SEAT BELT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD, TRAVELLING 35MPH, GOING DOWN A HILL ALL OF SUDDEN EVERYTHING CUTOFF, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVE'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN & OUT THE SHOP ABOUT NINE TIMES. *AK
WHILEDRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH AT NIGHT, HIT AN OBJECT ON THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED AIRBAG TO EXPLODE UPON IMPACT. DRIVER DIDN'T GET HIT, BUT THE PASSENGER SMELLED THE FUMES. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AND RUNNING OVER A BOX DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED IMPROPERLY AND CAUSED WHITE SMOKE TO ENTER INTO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE FRONT OF A BRIDGE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING. ALSO AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES OFF AN ON. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE ANY PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS FORCED TO HIT THE TELEPHONE POLE TO AVOID FROM CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. DURING THIS COLLISION, THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. IN TURN, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT AWARE OF THE SITUATION. THE CONSUMER NEVER HAD ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SENSORS. *AK
FAULTY DOOR LATCH, CAUSING PASSENGER TO FALL OUT OF VEHICLE/INJURY.
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CHILD IN REAR SEATING POSTION RECEIVED NO INJURIES. *AK
VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AT FRONT LEFT SIDE, AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
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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