The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy, the driver was injured. *jb prior to impact the consumer attempted to avoid the accident. The drivers body was tossed to the left onto the door and the seat belt became unlatched. As a result the consumer was not properly restrained and hit the windshield. *scc
1993 Ford Explorer: airbags did not deploy in a crash
5 of the 937 complaints about the 1993 Ford Explorer describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy.
Was driving 60mph north boun; had short acceleration lane. Another vehicle tried to pass semi -trailer & hit truck. Went across 3 lanes of traffic & hit passenger front & sides (explorer). Vehicle rolled 3 times. Air bag failed to deploy. Driver had seat belts on, but was hospitalized. Suffered injuries. Vehicle was totaled.
The left rear tire blewout and the driver lost control of the vehicle, as a result the driver ran off the left side of the road and collided with a delineator post, the vehicle then came back on the road, rolled and vaulted one time, the right front passenger was ejected during the roll, the vehicle came to rest upright, no airbags deployed (colorado traffic accident report, bridgestone/firestone, p235/75r15, radial atx m/s, vdhl1pm225, left rear). Nlm
Air bag did not inflate
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1993 Ford Explorer no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 1993 Ford Explorer?
5 of 937 owner complaints about the 1993 Ford Explorer (1%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 2002.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1993 Ford Explorer?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1993 Ford Explorer
Tire blowout 114ABS 94Brake failure 39Fire or smoke 37Transmission failure 20Grinding brakes 16Stalling 13Pulling 11Sudden acceleration 9Adaptive cruise 8Door locks 8Ball joint 7Seat belt 7Sunroof shattered 7Overheating 5Premature wear 5Slipping 5
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