In a rear end accident the airbags never deployed. The seat belt also didn't catch me and my chest hit the steering wheel. I pressed hard on the breaks but it didn't feel like it was slowing down. I now have a fractured sternum and cannot drive or work. I have filed insurance claims and been to the hospital. No one was in the car with me. There were no warning lights/signs before.
2005 Ford Focus: airbags did not deploy in a crash
19 of the 441 complaints about the 2005 Ford Focus describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 19
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 60,000
- 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
Alone in my car, driving on a 4 lane city street, I had slowed, almost at a full stop, to wait for the car in front of me to turn into the parking lot on our right. Meantime, car behind me hit the back of my car. She was ticketed. Said had looked away for a moment. Said she was doing 35mph. My airbag did not deploy. I can provide police and hospital records.
My sister owns a ford focus 2005, she had a minor accident during a trip to work. The car slide down a hill at less then 25 MPH in wed road. The car stop by crashin in to a rock in the side of the road saving her life from a clift. Recently we upgrade the suspension, tires and breaks to prevent it to happen. We took the car for a round trip in it we have a second accident. This time I was driving the car in a littel hill at 45 MPH in a zone of 50 MPH, at a half of km I change the gear because the road was wet to slow down the car but suddenly it start sliding over the wed road. Considering the time and, the maneuvers to take control of the car I start pumping the breaks and tried to pull the car out of the road but ot didnt change its direcction. At less then 8 meters the car got a littel of traction but it was to late to evade this accident. During the colition the air bags didnt deploy leaving my body hit the wheel. It was a miracle we are alive and I dont whant to imagine driving this car during a snow road.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford focus. While making a left turn, the front driver side air bag deployed without warning. The driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a curb. The driver did not sustain any injuries. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. In addition, the vehicle was involved in a crash in march of 2007. The front driver side air bag failed to deploy. The failure mileage was 97,000. Updated 2/10/15*cn updated 9/6/2017
On the date of my accident, I was headed for work, I was traveling about 65 m.p.h when the car in front of me slammed on her brakes. I couldn't avoid the situation, I ran into the back of her.. My airbags did not deploy.
I was involved in accident where I rear-ended an xterra SUV. I was traveling below the allowed speed limit of 35mph, due to water on the road from a previous rainfall. The front of my car went underneath the xterra. My airbag never deployed. Since that time and repair to my vehicle, I have taken the car to the rusty eck ford dealership where they stated they reset my airbag light. The airbag light has come on again for no apparent reason and has not turned itself off. I am very concerned that if I should be in a very serious accident, my airbag will not deploy. Also, I believe their may be a defect in the airbag system.
Daughter was hit on front driver side by somebody running a red light and pushing her car into a metal pole and embankment that bent the passenger front wheel and caused fluid to gush from underneath the car plus, not to mention that she is 6 months pregnant and airbags didn't deploy.
Vehicle hit another car at aprox. 45 MPH when other car made illegal turn. Airbag failed to deploy.
Air bag failed to deploy on my wife's car 2005 ford focus zx4 in a head on collision 25-30 MPH each vehicle. I contacted ford and they aren't interested in investigate the situation.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford focus. While driving over 40 MPH, the vehicle crashed head on into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained minor shoulder injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs. After the repairs were performed, the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated on the instrument panel. The dealer repaired the vehicle again and the indicator was no longer illuminated. On a separate occasion, while driving less than 35 MPH, a vehicle pulled out in front of the contact and the two vehicles t-boned with each other. Again, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the head, neck, and middle to upper back area. She also had pain in her chest. She was transported to the hospital for further assistance. The dealer stated that the air bags should have deployed at the time of the crash. The failure and current mileages were less than 65,000. Updated 4/23/09 *cn updated 04/27/09.
My 2005 ford focus ignition keeps locking up on me, unable to take keys from the vehicle-leaving me stranded or car open to theft. I was in a car accident over a year ago, since ford wont touch vehicle-says everything was because of accident which was only minor damage. Since the accident I haven't had a problem with vehicle until now. At time of accident , the air bags didn't deploy, now everytime I honk on horn the air bag light comes on and stays on for a day or so.
My daughter was involved in an accident in our 2005 ford focus she hit someone in the rear and then was hit in the rear by another car. When the impact happened the seatbelt failed to tighten up to prevent her from flying around in the car she hit her ribcage on the steering wheel and then was forced back by the impact of the second car hitting her from behind. Also there was $6,000 worth of damages done to the vehicle and the air bag never deployed and almost all the damage was to the front of the car.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2005 Ford Focus no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 2005 Ford Focus?
19 of 441 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Focus (4%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 2000.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2005 Ford Focus?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2005 Ford Focus
Door locks 45Airbag light 17Stalling 16Headlights 10Check engine light 9Ball joint 8Tire blowout 8Won't start 8Grinding brakes 7Fire or smoke 7Hesitation 7Slipping 7Loss of power 6Seat belt 6ABS 5Fuel gauge 5Fuel pump 5Sudden acceleration 5Wipers 5
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