Tl*- the contact stated that hit a deer on 09/24/06, with the 1996 ford ranger extended cab while driving at 35 MPH. The weather was clear and dry. The contact's vehicle hit the deer on the driver' front side , and the air bag didn't deploy. He pulled the vehicle to the side of the road, put on the hazard lights, and before getting out of the vehicle another vehicle came by and hit the vehicle from the back at the speed of 55-60 MPH. The contact stated that's is when the air did bag deployed. The contact stated that there has never been any indication that there was a problem with the air bags. The failure mileage and the current mileage were both 97,000. There were two injuries as a result of the crash.
1996 Ford Ranger: airbags did not deploy in a crash
7 of the 413 complaints about the 1996 Ford Ranger describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- 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
While driving at 35 MPH in a frontal collision the driver side air bag didn't deploy upon impact. Please provide more details. Ts
While driving vehicle about 45 MPH vehicle another struck vehicle head-on first, but, air bag did not deploy.
While driving at aprroximately 15 MPH vehicle was hit head-on by another vehicle which was going 50mph . Upon impact, driver's side airbag did not deploy which could have caused injuries. *ak.
Driver's side airbag did not deploy during front end collision, driver swerved off road, hit to avoid colliding with another vehicle, 40 MPH.
While driving at or about 10-18 MPH vehicle was involved in an accident. The air bags did not deploy.
Came upon stopped traffic at 40 MPH, rearended vehicle in front, air bag did not deploy, driver was injured.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Ford Ranger no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 1996 Ford Ranger?
7 of 413 owner complaints about the 1996 Ford Ranger (2%) 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 1996 Ford Ranger?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Ford Ranger
Wipers 37Tire blowout 23Seat belt 17Fire or smoke 14ABS 11Brake failure 9Fuel leak 9Headlights 9Stalling 8Adaptive cruise 7Pulling 6Fuel smell 5
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