32 complaints reported

1999 Ford F-250 Air Bags

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
32
Crashes
27
Fires
0
Injuries
13

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Sep 2023 Crash Injury

i was involved in a collision on US30 3 miles west of Rainer Oregon. where I struck another Ford truck while cruising at 55 mph. The vehicle I struck pulled in front of me, my vehicle was severely damaged in the front end and the steering wheel and lower dash panel injured me.,

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 2023
Apr 2003 Crash Injury

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK A VEHICLE RAN THE STOP SIGN AND THE CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE ON A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE VEERED UPON IMPACT AND WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THERE FOUR HORSE TRAILER WITH THREE HORSES ON BOARD JACKNIFED AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO HEAD EASTBOUND AS IT ROLLED OVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. ALL WINDOWS EXCEPT THE WINDSHIELD POPPED OUT. THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE THAN THE LEFT SIDE. *PH *JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jul 2003
Nov 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN STOP. AND HE HIT THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2002
May 2002

CONSUMER STATES WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO SPEEDS OF 5-10 MPH THE TWO FRONT AIR BAGS UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED AND BROKE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND HIT THE DRIVER. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 2002
May 2002 Crash

OUR DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO INFLATE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 2001
May 2002 Crash

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AT 45 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED *TS *NLM

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 2002
Jan 2002 Crash Injury

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS FACE, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK. *JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2002
Jan 2002 Crash Injury

TWICE I WAS HIT IN THE FRONT END AND TWICE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF. IS IT POSSIBLE THE AIR BAGS ARENT IN THERE AT ALL?*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2001
Dec 2001 Crash

WHILE TRAVLEING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FULL FRONTAL CRASH. BOTH AIR BAGS, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S, FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE BY DEALERSHIP AS TO THE REASON FOR AIR BAG FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS / PHOTOGRAPHS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 2001
Dec 2001 Crash Injury

FRONT OF TRUCK TOTALED FROM 2 IMPACKS BUT NO AIRBAGS CAME OUT. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Oct 2001
Nov 2001 Crash Injury

WHILE TRAVELING AT 42MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE GOT IN THE WAY OF CONSMER'S VEHICLE, AND IT RAN INTO OTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY HURT IN THE CRASH. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WASD NOT WILLING TO LOOK INTO DEFECT OF VEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Mar 2001
Oct 2001 Crash

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25-35MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. MAJOR DAMAGE TO CONSUMER FRONT END. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2001
Aug 2001 Crash

ON JANUARY 30, 2001 OUR VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE CAR COLLISION WITH A BRIDGE OVERPASS CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS TO OUR TRUCK. THIS WAS MAINLY A FRONT IMPACT WITH COLLATORAL DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE TRUCK. MY WIFE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, OUR SON WAS IN A REAR SEAT AND ALL WERE WEARING OUR SEATBELTS. LUCKILY FOR US THE SEATBELTS DID THEIR JOB AND OUR ONLY INJURIES WERE RELATED TO THE SEAT BELTS HOLDING US IN PLACE. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. SINCE THERE WERE NOT SERIOUS INJURIES WE WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. MY NAGGING CONCERN WAS WHAT IF WE HAD NEEDED THEM? THAT IS WHY I'VE DECIDED TO REPORT AT THIS TIME PLUS WE RECEIVED NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM FORD THAT THEY ARE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2001
Feb 2001 Crash Injury

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 25-30 MPH, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. DRIVER REPORTED NECK/ARM AND SHOULDER INJURIES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jun 2000
Jan 2001

I AM SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT IN THE HOPES THAT I WILL GET SOME ANSWERS. HAVING JUST COME OFF THE INTERSTATE 40 ONTO OUR 14 ACRES, BOTH AIR BAGS IN A VEHICLE WE OWNED EXACTLY 23 DAYS, DEPLOYED - DESTROYING THE CAB INTERIOR OF THE TRUCK. I PHONED THE MANUFACTURER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE IT TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. TWO MONTHS LATER, FOLLOWING AN ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSIS OF THE VEHICLE, FORD INFORMED ME THAT THE SENSORS REGISTERED THREE CRASHES AND THAT IT LOOKED AS IF THE RIGHT FENDER HAD BEEN REPLACED, THE RADIATOR SUPPORT WAS STILL BROKEN AND THE HEADLAMPS AND GRILL WERE LOOSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS AND I AM REQUESTING INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WOULD CAUSE AN AIR BAG TO DEPLOY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. I AM NOT IMPLYING OR PLACING RESPONSIBILITY WHEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING UNUSED SINCE JULY 21ST AND I AM AFRAID TO PLACE MY FAMILY IN ANY FURTHER JEOPARDY BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO THE CONTROLS AND INTERIOR. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jul 2001
Oct 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING 40-45 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TREE IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THE CRASH. FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2000
Jun 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH VEHICLE HIT PARKED GRAVEL TRUCK HEAD ON, AND DRIVER'S SIDE/PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: May 2000
Jun 2000

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, FALSED DEPLOYMENT. YH

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Feb 2000
Mar 2000 Crash

AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON FRON END COLLISION

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 2000
Feb 2000 Crash

CONSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 55MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Feb 2000
Feb 2000 Crash

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION. *MJS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 1999
Nov 1999 Crash Injury

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A STEEL LIGHT POLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIRBAG'S EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN HEAD INJURIES, MINOR WRIST AND BACK INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Apr 1999
Sep 1999 Crash Injury

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 1999
Aug 1999 Crash

NO SUMMARY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Oct 1999
Jul 1999 Crash Injury

WHILE IN A CAR CRASH AT 45 MPH, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS ONE FATALITY AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD F-250, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1999

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The 1999 Ford F-250 has 32 Air Bags complaints on file. 27 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.