1. Ford Focus
  2. Problems
  3. 2006
  4. Air Bags

2006 Ford Focus Air Bags Problems

31
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 31 stored complaint records:

  • 11 indicate a crash
  • 6 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire
  • 1 indicate a death

What owners report

  • passenger side · 5 records
  • steering wheel · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi6
60–100k mi6
100–150k mi4
150–400k mi3
1–30k mi3

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • October 9, 2007

    Air Bags

    AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *JB

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10206843

  • September 10, 2007 · 38,000 miles

    Air Bags · Inflator Module

    Driving at legal speed my side drivers airbag deploys then explodes under my left armpit causing me to loss control, but was able to gain control without an accident. Ford technicians performed diagnostics, noticed a scrape on passenger undercarriage. There conclusions was that i must have hit something on the rode. This was a small three inch scrape that so called caused the air bag deployment. I don't buy that. In…

    2 injuries

    ODI 10202578

  • July 14, 2006

    Air Bags

    My son was on his way home and passenger side air bag deployed. There was no crash , no accident. *nm

    ODI 10164241

  • May 17, 2006

    Air Bags

    Dt*: the contact stated that the passenger side air bag indicator blinks on and off. When it air bag indicator is off the passenger is not protected by the air bag. This began four days after the vehicle was purchased.

    ODI 10163736

  • January 1, 2006

    Air Bags · Electrical System · Unknown Or Other

    Cabin filter - filter is excluded in this model of vehicle. Electric windows never worked correctly . Airbag- was never inspected by dealer

    ODI 11060915

  • November 13, 2005 · 8,000 miles

    Air Bags

    I have recently been doing a review of several incidents involving the ford focus one of which was relating to my father, where on instances the air bag did not deploy on the vehicles during the incidence of a crash. This is something that i have noted on several accidents involving the vehicle, where in determination of the impact should of activated the deployment of the vehicles airbags but rather the system has…

    Crash reported · 3 injuries · 1 death

    ODI 10148522