I was involved in an accident and was injured on feb. 1, 2020. I was driving on straight away when and an SUV turned in front of my vehicle at high speed. My ford focus struck the SUV driver side door and my ford focus right side bumper got stuck under the SUV driver side door. My airbags in my ford focus did not deploy, but the SUV airbags did deploy.
2017 Ford Focus airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving at 35 MPH, a vehicle had blown through a red light and collided directly with the front passenger side of his vehicle. The contact stated that his air bags did not deploy upon impact. The contact had sustained several injuries including severe whiplash due to hitting his head on the driver side window. He also sustained pain to his neck and suffered several cuts and bruises to his face, neck and hand. The contact was taken to the hospital by his father where he was diagnosed and treated for his injuries. The other driver did not sustain any injuries as a result of the accident. A police report was filed [xxx]. The vehicle was towed to an independent body shop where it remained under investigation. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle would have to be towed to a local dealer for an investigator to look into the accident. The failure mileage was approximately 25,600. *ln*jb*js
Shortly after I bought this car. I noticed originally last of power during acceleration and later it would do a combination of last of power at times and lunging when the automatic transmission would shift gears(automatically). Eventually, frontier ford(dealership) replaced the clutch n a few other minor items related to the clutch. The problems the same issues continue to occur. I finally filed a complain with the bbb, it appears the dealership simply never returned their calls or emails and that case was closed. Next I contacted the sj bureau of automotive repair. Their determination was that ford fiestas and focus models were notorious for serious trasmition problems. It implied that it was a feature not a bug because eventhough the sj bar knew of these serious issues they took no action. I started not driving the car as much looking into how I could get the manufacturer to buy back this unreliable dangerous car. I am en experienced driver so I avoided accidents when the car would malfunction, however the nigh of 11/06/19 at about midnight my daughter took the car without permition and when the car lunged foward (as it would do while shifting gears automatically) during a street turn, she lost control of the car and crashed into 2 parked cars. The airbags didnt deploy and the seatbealt didnt lock resulting in her getting a concusion and a pretty bloody mouth as her head hit the steering wheel(these 2 defects were unknown to me previously). Having to do monthly payments on this unsafe, unreliable car had lots of negative ripple effects in my family's life culminating in my daughter being injured by well known defects by ford. It is my understanding that there is even class action lawsuits for fiesta and focus cars but I truely dont know how any of that works. My hope here is that at a minimum these complains can help get these dangerous cars off the road.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford focus. While driving approximately 25 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the front driver's side of the contact's vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to jim tidwell ford (2205 barrett lakes blvd, kennesaw, ga 30144, 770‑427‑5531) for diagnostic testing and repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000.
January 2018 I was stopped at a red light (sr 99- lake stevens, wa / speed limit 55 MPH) when I was rear ended by a hyundai elantra traveling about 45 MPH, I was struck from the rear and pushed into the car in front of me (nissan pathfinder). However, my airbag did not deploy after the rear (1st) or the front (2nd) impact.the damage to my vehicle was extensive ($10k). As a result from the accident I am currently in care for multiple disc bulges in the cervical spine.
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