2005 Ford Escape air bags problems
35 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Ford Escape, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 2% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 23 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 17 crashes, 15 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
2005 ford escape xlt roll over resulted in a fatal death. The lift gate and door were opened during the roll over of SUV. The air bags failed to deployed. I lost my wife in this roll over. My self and my brother's wife got major injuries. This model has automatic 4 wheel engagement. During the crash the engine pumped more power to the wheels. Tried to control but becuase of more power from the engine the driver could not control it and got over corrected which ended up in ditch.
I was driving on the freeway in the fast lane at 60MPH and a car cut me short and brake so I applied my brake my wheel had yanked to the left and I tried to gain control of the wheel by pulling it to the right but it yanked again to the left causing me to hit into the median due to the impact my car turned over and dragged across the other 3 lanes and titled back over. Although my car is totaled I sustained minor injury to my neck and left side. Also my airbags did not deploy.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Ford Escape
- Suspension 459 complaints
- Body & structure 437 complaints
- Engine 221 complaints
- Electrical system 153 complaints
- Cruise control 150 complaints
- Wheels 99 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 80 complaints
- Brakes 67 complaints