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2018 Ford Focus Air Bags Problems

4
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 4 stored complaint records:

  • 4 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 12, 2019 · 31,000 miles

    Air Bags · Body · Engine

    On december 12th, 2019, i was involved in a three-car fender bender on fairfax county parkway in virginia. I was traveling in slow-moving traffic at 7:20am, close to reston hospital, when the two cars in front of me slammed on their brakes unexpectedly and i unfortunately could not brake in time to avoid hitting the car in front of me. The car directly in front of me was a toyota suv and had a tow-bar, which took…

    Crash reported · Fire reported

    ODI 11291305

  • June 10, 2019 · 21,043 miles

    Air Bags · Steering

    Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, the steering wheel suddenly became very difficult to turn in either direction causing the driver to loose control of vehicle and crash into a ditch. During the crash, the air bags did not deploy. No injuries were reported. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The vehicle was taken to…

    Crash reported

    ODI 11234093

  • April 15, 2019 · 6,600 miles

    Air Bags

    A driver ran a red light and the nose of my car directly impacted their side at approximately 25-30 mph and my airbags did not deploy. The other vehicle was a 2018 honda civic and their side bags deployed. Even the police officers were shocked mine did not deploy. I think with the impact of that caliber they should have gone off

    Crash reported

    ODI 11196681

  • August 9, 2018 · 4,197 miles

    Air Bags

    I'm unsure if my vehicle has the defective takata inflators: my vehicle was in motion, under power and traveling greater then 32 mph exiting a highway onto a city street. While turning left, i either turned to wide or the other vehicle turned to close and my driver side front qtr impacted the passenger front qtr of the other vehicle. The impact energy was so significant that the damage was on the left front qtr, the…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 11122188