Ford Focus Air Bags Problems
- 517
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 19
- Years with records
- 2000–2018
- Stored years
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 517 stored complaint records:
- 289 indicate a crash
- 214 indicate injury
- 6 indicate fire
- 6 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- Frontal · 4 records
- Side/Window · 3 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 98 |
| 1–30k mi | 90 |
| 60–100k mi | 85 |
| 100–150k mi | 61 |
| 150–400k mi | 23 |
Complaint evidence
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Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, a vehicle had blown through a red light and collided directly with the front passenger side of his vehicle. The contact stated that his air bags did not deploy upon impact. The contact had sustained several injuries including severe whiplash due to hitting his head on the driver side window. He also sustained pain to his neck…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11306684
Air Bags
I was involved in an accident and was injured on feb. 1, 2020. I was driving on straight away when and an suv turned in front of my vehicle at high speed. My ford focus struck the suv driver side door and my ford focus right side bumper got stuck under the suv driver side door. My airbags in my ford focus did not deploy, but the suv airbags did deploy.
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 11309540
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford focus. The contact stated that her son was driving at approximately 65 mph when a jeep unexpectedly entered his lane as a result he rear ended the jeep causing it to rollover. The contact stated that the air bags deployed. The contact stated that her son sustained injures to the chest and right leg that required medical attention as well as a child passenger in the jeep was…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 11306957
Air Bags
Husband was driving approx. 35 mph with his mother in the passenger seat down a country road. Driver side and passenger side airbags deployed with no accident. Passenger side airbag or cover broke windshield. Husband hit brakes.
ODI 11291969
Air Bags
In dec. 12-23 a deer landed in front of us as we were driving on a on highway and going about 50 mph. Deer damaged hood radiator etc. Biggest concern . Both airbags deployed. The powder. Right after the initial impact i said open the door open the window cuz the dust was flying around the car and i believe i inhaled some in my throat up my nose that was really bad . The dust smells bad irritating eyes throat. As a…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 11292023
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
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owned a 2016 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle was involved in a head on crash and only the air bag underneath the steering wheel deployed. The contact felt that the air bag partially deployed as to there was a powder substance and an unusual odor from the air bag. The sensor indicated that the air bags were on and active before the crash. The contact's vehicle was traveling only 5 mph,…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11287422
Air Bags · Power Train
This was a recall already that is hazardous to all drivers on the road includong the driver. The car will stall,studder,and give no power when pulling off. I cant understand how something so dangerous that also cost me my life would have a limited warranty on a saftey recall. This should be a lifetime warranty on this. Because they caim to fix the issue but if it continues to break down after 2 months 3 months. Why…
ODI 11279074