1995 Ford Windstar airbags problems

Filed Nov 9, 2015 · Airbags · MT · crash

Small damage to the left outside of the left fender, caused both air bags to go off. This broke the rearview mirror on the windshield and both rear window latches to break the vehicle was in motion.

Filed Sep 22, 2008 · Acceleration, Airbags · 152,000 miles · MN · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford windstar. While driving at any speed, the ABS light would illuminate on the instrument panel and brake fluid would leak. The contact also noticed that the cruise control switch worked inconsistently. She discovered that the cruise control deactivation switch had melted. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 152,000.

Filed Mar 1, 2008 · Acceleration, Airbags · MN

Cruise control quit working. Also air bag blew when car was idling and no one in the car fortunately.

Filed May 14, 2006 · Airbags · CO · crash · 2 injuries

Took care of two patients injured by airbag deployment of 1995 ford windstar van. Airbags deployed after vehicle struck a small dog. No damage to exterior of vehicle. I believe this was an inappropriate deployment of airbags which resulted in injury.

Filed Mar 2, 2005 · Airbags · NC

While vehicle was in motion the passenger's air bag deployed inadvertently followed by the driver's air bag. *bf one occupant sustained cuts and bruises on his arms, the other occupant experienced hearing loss and an inner ear concussion.

Filed Nov 7, 2004 · Airbags · NC · 2 injuries

My husband, my son, and myself were on our way home last tuesday evening and the airbags on our 1995 ford windstar deployed while the vehicle was in motion. This was a very freighting and stressful situation. We had just turned off one road onto the next making our way home when the airbags burst out and caused several injuries to my husband and me. My husband has powder residue burns on his face, his arms are cut from the wrist up. He recently suffered a stroke and this has caused a lot of mental stress as well as pain. X-rays are needed to make sure that his hand is not broken. I had heart surgery in august and did not need this kind of scare. I hear an echo in my right ear now from the loud explosion from the airbags. I am afraid to ride in any vehicle with front passenger airbags. I called 9-1-1 to find out if an officer needed to come and investigate and trooper williams told me that since there was no accident that he could not do any type of report. We have many witnesses that saw our van and the extreme damage that it did to the hood resulting in the signal light flying off the van which we still have not found and the headlights barely hanging on. The hood is bowed up from the under side. We have contacted ford motor company and also took the van to a ford dealership and had it inspected to find out why the airbags deployed when no accident happened. They are just as puzzled. I need an answer as to why the airbags deployed like they did while we were deploying out of the blue. The windstar is our only means of transportation and I feel like ford needs to understand that and figure out what happened. If my husband would have taken his hands of the steering wheel, we would probably be dead now.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Airbags, Visibility · 95,000 miles · NJ

The paint is blistering off the hatch and sides in large patches. The airbag light blinks and the power window on the driver side fails to close all the way and struggles to open. The rear vent windows work when they want to .

Filed Jan 14, 2004 · Airbags · OR

While driving air bag light flickered on, and off. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for analysis, and mechanic noticed that the clock spring caused the problem.

Filed Feb 26, 2003 · Airbags · FL · crash · 1 injury

The vehicle was involved in a hit and run collision, the driver and passenger airbags deployed, which caused injury to the consumer.

Filed Jan 24, 2002 · Airbags · MD · crash

Vehicle was involved in a 20-25 MPH frontal collision in which driver and passenger air bags did not deploy, cause unknown.*ak