Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 94V218000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 09/01/1994 to 10/01/1994 | V (Vehicle) | 240 | 12/30/1994 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 11/10/1994 | 11/22/1994 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | The driver side air bag module can have an inadequately welded inflator canister. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a new air bag module. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: interior systems; passive restraint; air bag; driver side.vehicle description: passenger cars.note: if your vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and the remedy is not provided free of charge within a reasonable time or the remedy does not correct the defect, please contact ford at 1-800-392-3673. also, contact the national highway traffic safety adminstration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| 95172 | 08/01/1995 | 45960 | Air bag-warning indicator intermittently flashes diagnostic trouble code (dtc) 32- escorts built from 11/1/93 through 8/19/94- tracers built from 11/15/93 through 9/9/94. *sd | 04/25/1996 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 02/27/2003 | 1 | ||
| The warning indicator intermittently flashes 5 times pause 1 time and then repeats.*jb | |||
| 06/01/1995 | 12 | 11/01/1994 | |
| The air bag light on the dash board blinks 3-2 while driving. it has done this since the car was brand new. i am the original owner. i have brought the car in several times per year with the blinking light. the service department at cortese either could not reproduce the problem. it does come and go. it is more on than off. the air bag assembly was replaced twice. that did not fix the problem. i was told to bring the car in while the light was blinking and not to turn the car off. i did that. it was confirmed yes the light blinks 3-2. i left the car for an entire week in july of 2001. on the way home from cortese after the car was repaired the air bag light started to blink on the way home. i am getting the run around about fixing the problem. the factory was contacted 3 years ago when i sent my father to the dealer. i was told that cortese contacted the manufactures over this summer to get the problem fixed. they were unable to fix the problem in august due to needing a part. now i am being met with it is out of warrenty. i had a 7/70k warenty which does expire noveberof this yearsince the car was brand new.. since this has been an on going saftey issue , i think i have been overly patient with rectifying this defect. i called the nys attorney generals office. the lemon law does not apply as the car in now more than 4 years old. i was refered to your organization. help!!!!!!*ak | |||
| 02/09/1996 | 9 | ||
| No deployment of airbag during above accident. *sd | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 12/26/2008 | 67000 | ||
| 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 nhtsa 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. | |||
| 01/16/1996 | 4 | ||
| Brakes locked up causing accident. air bag did not deploy during accident, compounding injury. | |||
| 11/24/1995 | 4 | ||
| Drivers air bag did not inflate due to a tear, resulting in injury. *dh | |||
| 05/01/1995 | |||
| Air bag did not deploy in a frontal collision (12:00) at 35 mph. tt | |||
| 11/09/1995 | |||
| The driver was in an accident, and got burned in the chest area when the air bag deployed. tt | |||
| 08/28/1995 | |||
| Hit a truck from behind and drivers side air bag only deployed half way sparks and smoke came from air bag. tt | |||
| 08/15/1995 | |||
| The vehicle was standing still and the vehicle was hit in the front at the airbag sensors and the airbag did not deploy. please describe. tt | |||