Tl* the contact owned a 1993 mercury tracer. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently. The brake pedal traveled to the floor when it was depressed. As a result, the vehicle struck another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. There were three injuries reported that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Mailed 10/16/14*ljupdated 11/13/14*lj updated 4/29/2015
Mercury Tracer no deployment problems
18 of the 528 owner complaints about the Mercury Tracer describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 1997 model year.
- owner complaints
- 18
- worst model year
- 1997
Is there a fix? There are 2 recalls for this area of the car. See below
By model year
Often reported together
What owners say
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 mercury tracer. While driving 25 MPH, the brakes failed and the contact struck a pole head on. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they stated that they would inspect the vehicle. They discovered that the brakes were faulty and had been repaired prior to the crash. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 94v218000 (air bags:frontal). The vehicle is still at the dealer and they are charging $300 just to inspect the vehicle and $5,400 for the repair. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 67,000.
The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy. The consumer was injured. *jb four days after the accident the consumer received a recall letter. Recall# 02v323000 scc
While traveling 40-45 MPH and as a result of a rear end collision, air bags did not deploy at any time. Please provide further information.
Vehicle was involved in a 20-25 MPH frontal collision in which the driver and passenger air bags did not deploy, cause unknown.*ak
Vehicle was involved in a 40 MPH frontal collision in which driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy, cause has not been determined. No injuries. Please give any further details.
While traveling at about 25 MPH consumer rear ended a truck, and passenger's side air bag deployed. But, driver's side air bag did not deploy.
This vehicle rear ended another vehicle at 45 MPH, and forntal air bags did not deploy. Dealer has not been contacted.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy, resulting in minor injuries. *ak
While driving down the road a deer was crossing. Swerved to avoid hitting the deer, and consumer hit a tree. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Consumer sustained injuries. However, after turning off the car airbags deployed.
Related recalls
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- What is wrong
- On certain passenger vehicles, the integrated air bag monitor (iabm) can be contaminated with water or other liquids and could experience internal electrical shorting.
- Risk
- This may, in turn, cause the air bag readiness light to illuminate and in very rare occurrences, air bag deployment, melted wiring, or fire may occur.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install the shield over the iabm and apply nyogel grease to the connector. Owner notification began february 11, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1‑866‑436‑7332.
Recall number 02V323000 · Recall details
Air bags: frontal
- What is wrong
- The driver side air bag module can have an inadequately welded inflator canister.
- Risk
- In the event of a collision, the weld seam can separate, causing the air bag to fail to deploy properly and hot gases to be expelled from the back of the steering wheel. This can result in an increased risk of personal injury from the hot gases and the air bag failure.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install a new air bag module.
Recall number 94V218000 · Recall details
Questions about the Mercury Tracer no deployment
Which Mercury Tracer years have airbags did not deploy in a crash problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1997 (6 complaints), 1994 (5 complaints) and 1998 (4 complaints).
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