2018 Ford Focus: airbags did not deploy in a crash

Filed Mar 12, 2020 · Airbags · FL · crash · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owned a 2018 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving at 35 MPH through an intersection, another vehicle making a left turn t-boned her vehicle on the passenger front side. The contact stated that the driver side air bag came out from underneath the steering wheel; however, the air bag did not inflate and simply hit the floor. The other air bags in the vehicle failed to deploy upon impact. A police report was filed. The contact went to the hospital and was treated for pain to her lower back and right side of her neck. The other driver was also taken to the hospital; however, the driver's injuries were unknown. The vehicle was initially towed to a family member's residence and was later towed by the insurance company. The vehicle was deemed a total loss. The dealer nor the manufacturer where notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Dec 26, 2019 · Airbags, Body · 31,000 miles · VA · crash · fire

On december 12th, 2019, I was involved in a three-car fender bender on fairfax county parkway in virginia. I was traveling in slow-moving traffic at 7:20am, close to reston hospital, when the two cars in front of me slammed on their brakes unexpectedly and I unfortunately could not brake in time to avoid hitting the car in front of me. The car directly in front of me was a toyota SUV and had a tow-bar, which took most of the impact of the crash and caused damage to my vehicle. Aside from some minor scratches, both of the other cars involved in the accident were fine and the two drivers were able to continue on their ways to work. My car, on the other hand has been declared a total loss by my insurance company as it immediately burst into flames upon impact. As I mentioned above, the traffic was slow-moving so we were not traveling at more than 25-30mph at any time on that stretch as we navigated the traffic. This should have been a very low-impact and minor incident; however, for some unknown and unexplainable reason, the ford focus was on fire before I even knew that I had crashed. The impact was so minimal that no airbags deployed. Firefighters were onsite within 5 minutes and had difficulty putting out the blaze. In addition, I was still in the car while it was on fire because it happened immediately upon impact, so while I was lucky to walk away without any physical injuries, I was immediately taken to the ambulance to monitor my vitals and try to control my shock. I realize that there have been recalls of ford focus vehicles purchased in 2017 and prior; however, I strongly believe that the safety concerns raised in previous lawsuits against ford pertain directly to the 2018 model as well. We had already replaced the clutch in the focus after a year and a half because of a transmission failure also noted in previous years.

Filed Jul 23, 2019 · Airbags, Steering · 21,043 miles · AL · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 MPH, the steering wheel suddenly became very difficult to turn in either direction causing the driver to loose control of vehicle and crash into a ditch. During the crash, the air bags did not deploy. No injuries were reported. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer long lewis ford(2551 john hawkins pkwy, hoover al.) who was unable to determined cause of failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 21,043. The VIN was invalid.

Filed Apr 16, 2019 · Airbags · 6,600 miles · IL · crash

A driver ran a red light and the nose of my car directly impacted their side at approximately 25-30 MPH and my airbags did not deploy. The other vehicle was a 2018 honda civic and their side bags deployed. Even the police officers were shocked mine did not deploy. I think with the impact of that caliber they should have gone off

Filed Aug 24, 2018 · Airbags · 4,197 miles · FL · crash · 1 injury

I'm unsure if my vehicle has the defective takata inflators: my vehicle was in motion, under power and traveling greater then 32 MPH exiting a highway onto a city street. While turning left, I either turned to wide or the other vehicle turned to close and my driver side front qtr impacted the passenger front qtr of the other vehicle. The impact energy was so significant that the damage was on the left front qtr, the front and it transferred through the vehicle and my passenger side looks more damaged then the drivers side. So much so that the passenger door wood not open. I hit my head on the steering wheel, was violently thrashed around in the vehicle and then hit my head on the driver window. The impact was so significant that the transmission was completely destroyed, the engine broke free from its mounts, the cooling system failed and even my titanium glasses were broken when I hit my head. Yet, the air bags did not deploy and the vehicle had only 4197 miles on it - brand new!!! I've contacted ford, filed a claim and they were nearly useless in helping with evaluating the air bag deployment failure. They even connected me to dealerships to have the vehicle taken to, only to find out that they didn't even have technicians, towing or even a body shop. I've called several times and restated the concerns and spoke to a couple of call center people without any help and even tried the online chat tool and it keep freezing up. The vehicle is a total lost, I have head, neck and tissue trauma. I've explained this to the call center and they basically have been unhelpful....I have nearly 30 years in automotive and the bags should have deployed and keep me from injury!!!