2001 Ford Focus Air Bags

AIRBAG DEPLOYED AT LESS THAN 20MPH. NECK INJURY. *AK

IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S HANDS, ALL THE WAY TO ELBOW, CAUGHT ON FIRE, RESULTING IN SECOND DEGREEN BURNS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN PARKWAY 70 MPH DRIVER SWERVED TO MISS AN ANIMAL ON ROAD. THEN, LOST CONTROL, LEAVING THE ROAD INTO A DITCH, AND STRIKING TREE AGAINST PASSENGER'S SIDE. DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, AND HEAT BURNED DRIVER ON WRIS,T MELTING A BRACELET TO ARM. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE PASSENGER' SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO BUMPS OR SUDDEN STOP THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE ISSUES WITH THE AIR BAG IS THAT UPON DEPLOYMENT IT SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD, SHOWERING GLASS THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR CAUSING CUTS AND SCRATCHES IN ADDITION TO THE BURNS FROM THE AIR BAG COMPONENTS. FORD CORPORATE STATED THAT THIS WAS ABNORMAL, HOWEVER THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THIS WAS NORMAL. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING A REAR END ACCIDENT, INJURING THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WHO SUSTAINED SEVERE FACE BURNS. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AND COVERED THE OCCUPANTS WITH GLASS. *TT

THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN A PROX 5 MPH IMPACT. I RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BACK OF MY LEFT HAND.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT, KEITH COUTURE, STATES NOT TO CONTACT CLIENT, ADDRESS AND PHONE ABOVE ARE THAT OF THE ATTORNEY). *YH

I WAS BROADSIDED BY A BUS MOVING ABOUT 30 MPH ON MY DRIVER SIDE AND THE SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEN I NOTIFIED FORD THEY SAID I SHOULD BRING THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SENSORS CHECKED AT MY EXPENSE. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG STICKS OUT OF DASH. CONSUMER FEELS SLIGHTEST BUMP/ OR SUDDEN STOP MAY CAUSE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHR INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT. THIS CAUSED FOCUS TO REAREND OTHER VEHICLE. UPON REAR ENDING OTHER VEHICLE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. HAD CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING A MINOR REAR END ACCIDENT. VEHICLE SPEED WAS AT 10MPH OR LESS. THERE WAS NO SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE, NOTT EVEN A SCRATCH ON THE BUMPER OF EITHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE BAGS DEPLOYED, MY SPOUSE WAS INJURED BY THE FLYING WINSHIELD GLASS THAT WAS SHATTERED BY THE AIRBAGS. SHE REQUIRED 6 STICHES TO HER TOE.

THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT WON'T DEPLOY AND REMAINED IN THE FIXED POSITION. MY GIRLFRIEND DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, AND THE DEALER DIDN'T EVEN OFFER A RENTAL CAR OR ANYTHING TO HELP REMEDY THE SITUATION. IN INSTANCES LIKE THIS, THE DEALER COULD'VE BEEN HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT INVOLVING HER CAR HAD SHE NOT HAD ANY PASSIVE RESTRAINTS.

WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR ON FRONT/RIGHT FENDER WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS IMPACT CAUSED BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY, AND DRIVER'S CLOTHING CAUGHT ON FIRE, RESULTING IN FIRST DEGREE BURNS. NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO CAUSE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYING IN A NON-FRONTAL CRASH SITUATION. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 35 MPH AND SUDDENLY BRAKING AIR BAGS DEPOLYED WITHOUT REASON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED SENSOR READING INDICATED AIRBAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE TO CHECK VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE ENTERING HIGHWAY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, AND DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE BEING HIT. CONSUMER WAS THROWN TWO HUNDRED FEET. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DRIVIER'S SIDE DOOR DID NOT STAY LOCKED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH VEHICLE WENT OVER A BUMP AND BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED, AND REARVIEW MIRROR DESTROYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE I WAS PARKED I WANTED TO SIMULATE HOW IT WOULD FEEL HOLDING ONTO THE ASSIST HANDLE AS I WAS MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN AND AS I DIS THIS, THE HANDLE BROKE AND HALF OF IT DETACHED FROM ITS MOUNTED POSITION.

AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 25MPH AND PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK