2004 Ford F-150 Air Bags

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to report the failure to the NHTSA Hotline. The contact was also informed that the repair could not be covered under NHTSA Campaign Number: 11V107000 (Air Bags) because the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 93,000.

Air bag deployed suddenly while i was in the parked vehicle, it is available for inspection, has not been brought up to dealerships attention, no warning or light up on dash board to indicate problem

Problem is already a recall item, took in to get fixed and the warning light continues to stay on.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT'S FIANCE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, A DEER RAN INTO THE ROAD AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SWERVE AND CRASH INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT WRIST AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE CONTACT CALLED CONWAY FORD (LOCATED AT 2393 CHURCH ST, CONWAY, SC 29526, (843) 365-5596) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. *LN*JB * PM CONSUMER STATED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS HER DAD'S WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN 2000. *JB

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 20018 I WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC COLLUSION. MY VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED ENOUGH FOR A TOTAL LOSS. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.IN THE ATTACHED POLICE REPORT I AM VEHICLE 2, I WAS HEADING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON OWENSMOUTH STREET, VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING FROM WEST TO EAST ON VICTORY. I WAS WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. ANOTHER VEHICLE (VEHICLE 3)WAS WAITING AT THE RED LIGHT NEXT TO ME. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I BEGAN TO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE 1 TRAVELING EAST ON VICTORY RAN A RED LIGHT AND SLAMMED INTO THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. MY AIRBAG NEVER WENT OFF AND I NOW SUFFER FROM EXTREME PAIN IN MY RIGHT RIB, LEFT HIP, MAJOR HEADACHES AND VERY SEVERE NECK PAIN.

TL THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND ENGAGING THE GEAR SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND FACE, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE FRONT AND REAR SEAT PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (FRIENDLY FORD, 660 N DECATUR BLVD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89107, (866) 409-2494). THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,299. - (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BACK HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKATA RECALL WHEN I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED RIGHT IN MY FACE I HURRIED AN CHECKED MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT HIT THEY JUST EXPLODED IN MY FACE. I GOT OUT THE CAR AN IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE I THOUGHT MY CAR HAS BEEN HIT AND IT WAS A DELAY IN THE AIRBAGS I WAS ASSURED THAT NO ONE HAD HOT ME AND IT WAS A FACTORY MALFUNCTION RECALL AND FORD WOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THROUGH A LONG PROCESS FORD IS DENYING ANY HELP WITH MY VEHICLE IVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICE FOR MY VEHICLE IVE ONLY HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR HAD I BEE AWARE I WOULD HAVE TAKING IT IN WRIGHT AWAY NOW IVE BEEN OUT OF A CAR AND NO HELP FROM FORD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER (CREST FORD FLAT ROCK IN FLAT ROCK, MI, 734-782-2400) STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

TAKATA RECALL I WAS IN A ACCIDENT LAST WEEK. NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IT WAS A FRONT END ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE WINDSHIELD AND NEARLY ALL GALSS BEING BROKEN AS WELL AS THE OTHER VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYING. NOT A SINGLE AIRBAG IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. I WAS DOING APPROXIAMATELY 43 MPH AND THE OTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING ME TO T-BONE THE OTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

VEHICLE HAS PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. DASH HAS INDICATOR LIGHT STATING "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF". LIGHT COMES ON WHEN PASSENGER IS IN SEAT ADVISING AIRBAG IS OFF. WITHOUT SEATED PASSENGER, LIGHT IS OUT DENOTING AIRBAG IS ON. IT APPEARS IT IS WORKING THE OPPOSITE OF DESIGN. THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY. UNIT HAS ALWAYS OPERATED THIS WAY. FORD/DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE REVERSING, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE AND A FENCE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED ARM THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT AND THE REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK, HEAD, BACK AND KNEES INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000. UPDATED 5/19/15*CN UPDATED 7/1/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V107000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE LEFT ARM DURING THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE DEFECT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY AIR BAG WIRE HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

CONTACTED FORD REGARDING A RECALL OF FORD 150S INCLUDING MY MODEL YEAR THAT INCLUDED A RISK OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE AIRBAG AND HORN ON MY F150 HAVE STOPPED WORKING, JUST AS IN THE RECALL. HOWEVER, FORD SAYS THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED, DESPITE AN IDENTICAL PROBLEM. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NHTSA REQUESTED A LARGER RECALL THAN FORD ISSUED, ONE THAT WOULD LIKELY HAVE INCLUDED MY VEHICLE. THIS IS WHY I'M ENTERING THE INFORMATION HERE. CONTACTED LOCAL FORD DEALER AND FORD CORPORATE, TOLD BY BOTH THAT I COULDN'T RECEIVE RECALL FIX. I AM AFRAID THAT THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY WHEN I START THE VEHICLE, OR WONT DEPLOY WHEN I NEED IT IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. THIS MORNING WHEN I CRANKED UP THE TRUCK, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH NO WARNING. THERE WAS NO CRASH OR PREVIOUS INCIDENT SUCH AS HITTING SOMETHING WEEKS AND MONTHS BEFORE THIS. SOME RECALLS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE SUGGEST THAT A DASH LIGHT WILL INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG, HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE FOR MY TRUCK. THE AIRBAG SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD SENDING SMALL PIECES OF GLASS FLYING ON THE INSIDE AND EXTERIOR OF THE TRUCK. BESIDES THE SHOCK, HOURS LATER MY HEARING IS STILL NOT THE SAME ON MY RIGHT SIDE. *TR

2004 FORD F-150. CONSUMER STATES AIRBAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MAY 2011 REGARDING INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL WORK AND WAS RETURNED ON MAY 20, 2011. HOWEVER, ON NOVEMBER 8, 2011 THE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED, WHEN ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES STARTED THE VEHICLE. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY TO HER WRIST/HAND. A FORD FIELD ENGINEER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON MAY 2, 2012 AND FOUND THAT A WIRING PROBLEM CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. FORD OFFERED THE CONSUMER $747.00 WHICH HE HAD TO PAY THE DEALER IN ORDER TO FIX THE VEHICLE, BUT ONLY IF THE HE SIGNED A RELEASE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,076.

2004 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL CONCERNING WIRING HARNESS COULD CHAFE AND BREAK AND CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE WIRING BREAKING AND SHORTING CAUSED THE MODULE TO FAIL. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MODULE EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL ITEM MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN HE HIT A DEER AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE CRASH, BUT THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT WHEN THE DEER PENETRATED THE FRONT GRILL, IT DAMAGED THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND PREVENTED IT FROM DEPLOYING. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000. UPDATED 01/04/12*BF

IMPACT WAS IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE PICKUP WITH THE DAMAGE 24 INCHES INTO THE ENGINE AREA, THE DRIVER DID HAVE HIS SEAT BELT ON BUT HE STILL HIT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH HIS HEAD AND BROKE HIS LEFT WRIST AND INCURRED MANY OTHER INJURIES AS A RESULT. HIS INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN LESSENED IF THE AIRBAG AND THE SEATBELT HAD WORKED THE WAY THERE SUPPOSED TO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V107000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE). AN AUTHORIZED DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PARTS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE RECALL REMEDY WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE PARTS HAD NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AND THE CONTACT FELT THAT THIS WAS AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 31,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HIS VEHICLE HEAD ON AND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE FACE AND A BROKEN JAW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER CRASH. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE AIR BAG FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STARTED TO ILLUMINATE DUE TO THE AIR BAG SENSOR UNDER THE HOOD BEING CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAG SENOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.