1991 Ford Taurus Air Bags & Restraints Problems

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH AND WAS PUSHED OFF ROAD BY AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO RUN OFF ROAD AND HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON, CAUSING HEAD INJURIES WHEN HITTING STEERING WHEEL. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF INOPERATIVE AIRBAG. *AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH DRIVER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURY TO DRIVER. FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO RESTRAINTS DID NOT LOCK WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *AK THE VEHICLES CRASH IMPACT CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP AND DAMAGES TO WINDSHEILD,FRONT BUMPER AND OIL STICK HOLDER. *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT BLINKING A CODE. FORD WANTS $600. TO REPAIR A REAR SENSOR. AIR BAG WILL NOT ACTIVATE IN A CRASH UNTIL THIS EXCESSIVE REPAIR AMOUNT IS PAID TO REPAIR. WE NEED HELP WITH THIS SAFETY ITEM, PLEASE.

WHILE DRIVING IN PARKING LOT TRAVELING 8MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING FROM THE WEST AND TRAVELING ABOUT 25-35MPH, WAS TAKING A SHORT CUT THROUGH THE PARKING LOT FROM A BUSY STREET, AND HIT CONSUMER ON THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND HE STRUCK OR REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK SHOULDER STRAP DID NOT CATCH WHICH CAUSED TO HIT AGAINST STEERING WHEEL. *YH

DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION, THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED / EXPLODED, SMELLING LIKE BURNED NYLONS. DRIVER SUSTAINED LOSS OF HEARING IN LEFT EAR AND BURNS TO FOREARM. *AK *YC

I HIT A DEER THAT RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS DOING 45 MPH. MY AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. CALLED LOCAL DEALERSHIP,TALKED TO SERVICE DEPT. MGR.HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY ALRIGHT, TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD CHECK COMPUTER . CALLED FORD MOTER COMPANY TO SEE HOW TO GET INFO. ABOUT DEFECT, THEY REFERRED ME BAACK TO LOCAL DEALER. I DON'T WANT TO GET BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR WITH DEFECTIVE AIRBAG, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL GO OFF, EXPLAINED THIS TO BOTH PLACES. FORD TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A FORM TO HAVE IT DISCONNECTED. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO GO THRU THIS WHEN THIS IS ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLED PART AND IT DIDN'T WORK CORRECTLY. WANDA B. SALYER

AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON/FLASHES AND GOES OFF WHEN ENGINE IS TURNED ON AND WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. *YC

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 25 OR MORE MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DURING COLLISION VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTING IN DETACHMENT FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND EXPLODED CAUSING INJURIES TO FACE OF CONSUMER.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, INDICATING THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY CAN'T PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. *AK

SHORT IN AIRBAG MONITOR SYSTEM CAUSED THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO BLINK CONSTANTLY. NM

AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO BE ILLUMINATED. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED 3 TIMES. *AK

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS FLASHING. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *SLC

THE AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED.

AIR BAG: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND RAN INTO A TREE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK