My son was injured and his car was totaled in a 35 MPH collision when the front of his car struck the read end of another car after that car stopped abruptly. His air bag failed to deploy. My son hit and broke the windshield and was injured. He was not wearing his seatbelt.
Ford Tempo no deployment problems
14 of the 814 owner complaints about the Ford Tempo describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 1992 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 1992
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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What owners say
Consumer was involved in a frontal collision in which the driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give any further details.
While driving there was a collision at a speed of 53 MPH, and the air bags did not deploy.this accident happened in the rain.
While making a turn to the left about 5 MPH vehicle was struck on the left side, and the air bag did not deploy.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal impact at approximately 45-50 MPH, and driver's air bag did not deploy. Vehicle was totalled. Dealer was not contacted, and is not aware of the problem. Problem not remedied. Provide further information.
Consumer rear ended another vehicle approximately 10-15 MPH, driver's side air bag did not deploy. Dealer notified.
During frontal impact at 60 MPH, the driver' s side air bag did not deploy. Please provide details.
Vehicle was struck from the passenger's right side and the air bag did not deploy , also the seat belt did not retain the driver in the seat.
Consumer was in a head-on collision and the driver's side air bag didn't deploy, driver was injured . Please describe.
While driving, was hit head-on by another vehicle coming into lane, upon impact, driver's airbag did not deploy.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Ford Tempo no deployment
Which Ford Tempo years have airbags did not deploy in a crash problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1992 (5 complaints), 1994 (5 complaints) and 1993 (2 complaints).
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