I am filing this complaint to alert the federal safety agency of a air bag safety issues in my 2006 ford mustang. Recently a safety defect issue was discovered about particular models of vehicles that received air bags from the manufacturer takata. I took the liberty of doing the research on the issues of which the air bag when deployed can send shards of metal or shrapnel into the upper region of both the driver and/or passenger. My year, make, model, and time-frame of vehicle purchased matched with the vehicles identified as being affected with one exception, my vehicle resides in a cold weather state. As my safety and the safety of my passengers is of the utmost important I contacted ford directly to have the issue remedied to be relayed that my vehicle was not a safety concern. Primarily the claim that living someplace with cold weather somehow protects me from experiencing this deadly issue. To note. Colorado is a state that does in fact reach temperatures between the months of may-october of 100+ degrees on a multiple day basis(please review weather reports). In addition depending on where in colorado you are located there are areas of humid + hot weather conditions that you can experience. I do not have the option to have my air bag disabled by ford to protect my well being until a thorough investigation is completed, nor has ford reached out to consumers to identify what steps they are taking to ensure their safety. My well being is not being protected as it should and I would like something done about the issue. I would like to have the air bags in my vehicle removed and replaced to ensure that nothing as described in the recall occurs. While the manufacturers of the air bag and/or car company's may not feel I am at risk, they are not driving a vehicle with what equates to a potential ied in the steering wheel, and I should not be forced to take that chance.
2006 Ford Mustang airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. The contact stated that the vehicle was purchased and registered in the state of ohio. The contact's son moved to the state of florida in 2012 where the vehicle resided since moving. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v343000 (air bags) because the vehicle was not registered or sold in one of the states listed in the recall. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. The contact stated that the air bag indicator illuminated intermittently and displayed that the passenger side air bag was deactivated. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v343000 (air bags). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 100,550.
Driving 40mph kn the right lane of a 4 lane highway with a cement median separating the east and westbound lanes. I hit some black ice, spun 90 degrees across the left lane and hit the median almost head on. Airbag did not deploy.
While operating the vehicle you will lose dash lights,headlights at times, bright lights no longer work, passengerside airbag disabled light comes on, fan motor for heat/air stops working, left rear tail light is not working even after replacement of bulbs, door locks and window switches fail to work, traction control off light comes on, feedback comes through radio speakers as very course static. Some of these may be corrected by heavy breaking, acceleration or by turning car off and back on. This is only temporary and may repeat itself every few seconds.
Visited ford dealership to have airbag warning light checked. They checked it and told me that the drivers side airbag had a defective connector and requires replacement. This is a 2006 vehicle that has a defective airbag connector? This is not right. They want to charge me $275.00 to replace the part.
Before buying the car I run the car and the reverse of the standard transmission was rare and I communicate that to the sales person and he said to me that those things happen because the car is bran new then I buy the car and in about a 4 days later I talk to the sale man and he said the same thing again and then I believe in him and wait but later when I receive a recall for the airbags I went to the dealer and communicate the problem of the standard transmission and when they check that they said that my warranty doesn't cover that and that I have to pay about $900 dollars so I request a recall and help because is not fair I believe in the salesperson and now I have to carry with the bad consequences because the foreman said that, so please help me I don't have that money.
A 2006 ford mustang, with 5400 miles on the odometer, was involved in a two vehicle traffic collision. The driver of the mustang rear ended a ford ranger pickup truck at approximately 40 MPH. Upon impact, the airbag of the mustang failed to deploy and the driver's seat belt failed to lock and restrain the driver. Since both restraint systems failed, the driver of the mustang struck the steering wheel with her chest. Extensive front end damage was sustained by the mustang. After the collision, the airbag warning light on the instrument panel was flashing, and the seat belt was found fully extended and would not retract.
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