2011 Ford Fiesta Air Bags & Restraints Problems

ON AUGUST 5 I FELL ASLEEP AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK STOPPED AT A LIGHT. MY KNEE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE STEERING WHEEL BAG DID NOT AND THE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD BRUISING MY STERNUM AND CAUSING SURROUNDING MUSCLE INFLAMMATION THAT IS STILL SORE TODAY.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR AS A PRIVATE SALE FOR $4,000 DOLLARS, I HAD THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AND SUDDENLY THE CAR STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. COME TO FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD. DOING SOME PRIOR RESEARCH BEFORE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2011 FORD FOCUS AND FIESTAS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION BEING NO GOOD. PRIOR BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER I WAS DEALING WITH A LOT OF HESITATION THE CAR SHUTTING OFF IN SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND BUCKING. I ALSO DID CAR FAX AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS INDEED A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO FINDING OUT RECENTLY THAT THE LATCHES FOR THE DOOR WAS RECALLED AND AS WELL AS THE AIR BAGS THAT HASN'T BEEN FIXED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARIS FORD LINCOLN, INC. LOCATED AT (2020 NE LOOP 286, PARIS, TX 75460) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,259.

SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT . VEHICLE IS PARKED AND ON CITY STREETS.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 2011 FORD FIESTA AND I WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE BACK OF THE CAR. THE CAR SLAMMED INTO ME AND CAUSED MY CAR TO SPIN AND THEN THE CAR FLIPPED AND ROLLED. THE CAR LANDED UPRIGHT INTO A MUDDY, GRASSY FIELD. THE AIR-BAGS DID NOT OPEN UPON IMPACT. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 60 MPH. THE CAR THAT HIT ME MUST HAVE BEEN GOING 85 MPH.

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 10/13/2018. I WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, BACK OF MY 2011 FORD FIESTA. MY CAR SPUN AROUND AND FLIPPED AND ROLLED. DURING THIS TIME THE AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I WAS STRUCK GOING 60 -65 MPH. THE CAR THAT STRUCK ME WAS GOING MUCH FASTER, 80-85 MPH. I AM WONDERING WHY MY AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER REPORTS LIKE MINE? MY CAR LANDED UPRIGHT IN A GRASSY MUDDY FIELD. I AM STILL BEING SEEN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND WAITING TO HEAR IF MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS OR REPAIRABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH IN TRAFFIC, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, RIPPED AT THE SEAMS, AND EXPELLED DUST. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES AND A SEVERE CUT TO THE LEFT HAND THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

THE LAP BAND PORTION OF MY SEATBELT IS FRAYING DIRECTLY ABOVE THE BUCKLE. IT CONTINUES TO FRAY EVEN FURTHER EACH TIME I FASTEN MY SEATBELT.

TAKATA INFLATORS. MY HUSBAND WAS IN A FENDER BENDER WHEN THE AIRBAG WENT OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING MULTIPLE FACIAL FRACTURES AND A BROKEN ARM AND HIS FINGERS SHATTERED.

MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE AIRBAG RECALL, SO I DID NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, THE DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT AND THE CAR TOTALED, THERE WERE SEVERAL HITS AS THE CAR WAS BEING BOUNCED FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES BEING A SEMI. NOT A SINGLE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND AS A RESULT ALL THOSE IN THE FIESTA GOT INJURED, ONE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE ER/ICU AND REMAINS IN A BAD CONDITION.

SEAT BELT AUTO RETRACTOR HAS PROGRESSIVELY DEGRADED IN PERFORMANCE ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT SINCE ~70,000 MILES. AS OF NOW, SEAT BELT WILL NO LONGER RETRACT WITHOUT PHYSICALLY PUSHING IT BACK INTO THE HOUSING. PRETENSIONER STILL OPERATES CORRECTLY.

CPSC: BABY TREND HYBRID LX 3-IN-1: CONSUMER STATED SHE AND HER SON, WERE INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE CHEST CLIP HAD UN-LATCHED AND HER SON WAS DANGLING OUT OF THE CAR SEAT AND WAS BARELY IN THE SHOULDER STRAPS, DESPITE BEING CORRECTLY PLACED IN THE CAR SEAT. THE CONSUMER'S SON PASSED AWAY FROM HIS INJURIES. MODEL # FB48417. *SS SEE ALSO ODI 10855262 *DSY *TR

I WAS TRAVELING FROM LAS VEGAS, NV TO TWIN FALLS, ID WITH MY SON [XXX] ON DEC 14 2015 TO VISIT FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS. MY SON [XXX] WAS A WEEK FROM TURNING 4, WEIGHED 37 LBS AND WAS 38 INCHES TALL. I HAD HIM IN THE BABY TREND HYBRID 3 IN 1 LX (KIWI COLOR) FORWARD FACING IN THE 5 POINT HARNESS. AT AROUND 9PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON DEC 14 2015 MY SON [XXX] WAS ABLE TO PULL THE SLACK ON HIS HARNESS LOOSE AFTER UNCLIPPING HIS CHEST CLIP AND FREED HIS UPPER ARMS. THE MOMENT I NOTICED HE HAD DONE THIS OUR SMALL CAR WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. SINCE [XXX] LOWER BODY WAS THE ONLY THING RESTRAINED HIS UPPER BODY WAS THROWN FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHICH CAUSED A HYPER EXTENSION AND SEVERANCE OF HIS SPINAL CORD AT THE C3- C4 VERTEBRAE. [XXX] PASSED AWAY AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH WITHIN SECONDS. ...UPDATED 04/19/16 *BF SEE ALSO 10859748 *DSY.....UPDATED 05/24/16 *BF UPDATED 09/19/2017 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 BABY TREND HYBRID 3-IN-1 BOOSTER SEAT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND THE CHILD PASSENGER WAS FATALLY WOUNDED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT SECURE THE CHILD DURING THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A YARD AND THE BOOSTER SEAT WAS DISCARDED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT PROVIDE FURTHER DISCLOSURE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRASH. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN....UPDATED 04/19/16 *BF SEE ALSO 10855262 *DSY...UPDATED 05/24/16 *BF UPDATED 09/19/2017*JS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A MANUFACTURERS RECALL ON THE DOOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT CUT THE AIR BAG OFF AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE RESIDENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN, THE AIR BAG, AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE NO LONGER OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70, 000.

TOOK MY CAR IN TWICE FOR THE TCM AND IT'S EVEN WORSE. SHUDDERING, ELECTRICAL FAILURES,LOSS OF ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING, AND WORST OF ALL FORD IS DENYING ME SERVICE UNTIL I PUT ANOTHER 1,500 MILES ON THE CAR! NOT SURE IF THIS IS EVEN LEGAL. TRYING TO PRESS FOR A LEMON LAW NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAG LIGHTS ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND CHEST. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE CHEST. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

DRIVER'S SIDE WAS STRUCK AND SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DOOR WAS SHATTERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, A DRIVER MADE A LEFT TURN AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INTERNAL BRUISES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.