2002 Ford Escape air bags problems
80 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2002 Ford Escape, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 80 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 24 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 54 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 56% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 24 crashes, 16 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was pulling into a parking space at a shopping center. As I took my foot off the accelerator preparing to stop, the vehicle suddenly lunged forward, hopping the curb and continuing forward into the patio area. I applied the brakes, but the car did not stop. It hit a trash can and tables and finally crashed into a pillar. In applying the brake, I had managed to slow the vehicle down so the impact was not severe and the airbags did not deploy.
When consumer pulled into the intersection, the vehicle was hit at the front wheel well area, and the side airbags failed to deploy, which caused injury to the driver. Ts
Other problems reported for the 2002 Ford Escape
- Engine 329 complaints
- Brakes 207 complaints
- Electrical system 126 complaints
- Cruise control 103 complaints
- Body & structure 90 complaints
- Suspension 81 complaints
- Transmission 73 complaints
- Steering 72 complaints