2003 Ford Expedition Air Bags

I HAVE A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. I KEEP GETTING MY SPARK PLUGS FIXED AND THE JUST KEEP BLOWING OUT ON MY ENGINE CREATING MY ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND MY SUV SOUNDS LIKE A MAC TRUCK. THIS IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. WE LIKE TO TRAVEL I PURCHASED THIS CAR BECAUSE I HAVE SEVERAL CHILDREN AND WE CAN ALL FIT IN IT. I LIKE THE TRUCK BUT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT CONTINUES AND IS NOT FREE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS SUDDENLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT A CRASH OR IMPACT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SIDE AIR BAGS SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE. THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL HER INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 106,000. UPDATED 12-02-08 *BF UPDATED 12/02/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REFERRED THE CONTACT TO HER INSURANCE AGENCY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE WARRANTY. THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

ON 12/10/2008 MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC CRASH. SHE DRIVES A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. IMPACT OCCURRED ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS? WIFE HAS NECK PAIN, CHILDREN ON BOARD ARE OK, NOT COMPLAINING OF ANY PAIN OR INJURY. EVERYONE ON BOARD WERE FASTENED TO SEATBELTS AND CAR SEATS. JUST VERY CONCERNED, BECAUSE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE AND NOT SURE WHY AIRBAGS DID NOT WORK. THE OTHER PARTIES VEHICLE WAS A SCION XD NOT SURE WHAT YEAR. THEIR AIRBAG DID WORK AND IMPACT WAS PRACTICALLY SAME LOCATION, FRONT DRIVER SIDE CORNER. WAS THIS A DEFECT? NEED TO INVESTIGATE SOMEHOW? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND ME SOME ADVISE. THANK YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER OF HER VEHICLE. ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HIS WIFE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES; HOWEVER, THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS DEFECTIVE FOR A SECOND TIME IN A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. THE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES AND WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. THE AIR BAGS WERE REPLACED IN FEBRUARY OF 2006, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,035 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,096.

DRIVING DOWN TAR ROAD WHEN MY TRUCK CAUGHT THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT AND SHOOT ACROSS THE GRAVEL SHOULDER THEN CAUGHT SNOWY HILLSIDE. VEHICLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL TREES. THE TRUCK HAD SEVERE IMPACT TOTALING THE UNIT . NO AIR BAGS EVER CAME OUT. *TR

UNEXPECTED SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT ANY ABRUPT SIDE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THESE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT A CONSTANT RATE OF SPEED (65MHH) ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT EXPLOSIVE NOISE IN THE VEHICLE AND RESULTED IN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER BEING DISORIENTED FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS OCCURRED IN A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION WITH 65K MILES AND NO MODIFICATIONS OR PREVIOUS DAMAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SCANNED THE VEHICLE COMPUTER WHICH SHOWED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN IMPENDING ROLLOVER CAUSING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP NOR FORD WILL REPAIR THIS DAMAGE TO THE AIRBAGS AND HEADLINER.*CN

I WAS IN A MVA ON JUNE 29, 2007. I HIT SEVERAL TREES AND WENT DOWN A LARGE EMBANKMENT. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. I HAD SEVERE FRONTAL DAMAGE AND DRIVER DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION XLT. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE AIRBAGS ON THE RIGHT FRONT AND REAR SIDE DOOR, AS WELL AS, THE LEFT FRONT DOOR AND REAR FRONT DOOR DEPLOYED. BEFORE INCIDENT CONTACT DID NOT HAVE ANY PRIOR NOTIFICATION REGARDING HIS AIRBAGS. HE DID GET A WARNING LIGHT REGARDING HIS AIRBAGS AFTER THE INCIDENT. IF NEEDED CONTACT CAN PROVIDE PICTURES OF HID DEPLOYED AIRBAGS

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE FIRST TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WAS WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND THE ENGINE LOCKED , AND WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED AN UNKNOWN FUSE. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE DID NOT SUFFER ANOTHER LOSS OF POWER AS STATED BEFORE THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AS WELL AS THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THERE WAS NO DANGER AND THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, HOWEVER THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALER PLANS TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS.*AK

MY WIFE AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL ACCIDENT IN OUR 2003 FORD EXPEDITION ON DEC. 1, 2006 AND OUR AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS WAS A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT. I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF FORD AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THEY WOULD GIVE ME A WRITTEN RESPONSE WITHIN 10 DAYS. I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS UNSURE IF MY AUTO WAS REPAIRABLE BUT IF IT WAS I HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT AIRBAG SYSTEM AND FELT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED. *JB

I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT ON 9/29/05. MY 2003 EXPEDITION HAS BEEN TOTALED BY MY INSURANCE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS THE FRONT CENTER OF THE CAR WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. I HAVE MADE 3 SEPARATE PHONE CALLS TO FORD'S COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, AS OF TODAY NO RETURN CALLS FROM FORD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. *JB

THE AIR BAG CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE OWNER'S MANUAL INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE AIR BAG MAY NOT OPERATE IN AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED BY THE CONSUMER.*AK

DT: VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT IMPACT COLLISION WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER DID NOT CONTACT DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS T-BONE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 40-45 MPH, ALL OCCUPANTS WAS RESTRAINED IN THEIR SEAT BELTS AND NO INJURY WAS REPORTED. THE IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUV ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. NONE OF THE SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT HIS TIME. *JB

ON THE 15TH OF JULY I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A FORD TAURUS WHICH FAILED TO YIELD A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS DRIVING A 2003 FORD EXPEDITION THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. AS THE TAURUS EXECUTED THE TURN I PROCEEDED TO HIT HIS FRONT PASSENGER QUARTER PANEL, THE IMPACT OF WHICH MAINLY TO MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED HOWEVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED, HOWEVER HAD THIS BEEN A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. AT PRESENT, I AM TRYING TO CONTACT FORD MOTOR CO. TO DETERMINE WHY MY AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THEY HAVE YET TO CALL ME BACK. THE VEHICLE ITSELF HAS $10K WORTH OF DAMAGES NOT TO INCLUDE FIXING THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. *JB

THE AIR BAG SENSOR COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH FRONT SIDE AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. CONSUMER DROVE HOME. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT THE DRIVEWAY AND TURNING TO LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT STATED, AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS WHITE MARK ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND IT WAS MADE WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE CURVE. *AK THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO CURB TO HIT AND THAT NO COLLISION OCCURRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURERS WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THE CONSUMER'S HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR BAG THEMSELVES. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS AND RINGING IN THE EARS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER THE BARRIER IN THE ROAD, AND AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

WHILE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT THE DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN MY 2003 EXPEDITION. I HIT NOTHING AND NOTHING HIT ME. I CALLED FORD THEY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHO TOLD ME HE COULDN'T REPLACE THE BAG FOR THREE DAYS. I COULD EITHER STAY IN TEXAS OR CUT THE AIR BAG OFF AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANOTHER EIGHT HUNDRED MILES TO HOME. I CARRIED IT TO A DEALER IN BIRMINGHAM AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE WEEKS. I'M STILL NOT SURE WHY THE BAG DEPLOYED. WHEN THE BAG DEPLOYED IT HIT ME SO HARD IT INJURED MY LEFT ARM AND MY NECK, I HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND AM STILL TAKING ANTI INFLAMMATORY MEDICINE. *NM

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD ON COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 - 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD/NECK AND BACK INJURIES, RESULTING IN UNCONSCIOUSNESS. *AK