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2006 Ford Escape air bags problems

18 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2006 Ford Escape, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
18 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 0
Injuries and deaths
18 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 63,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 63,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 11 crashes, 18 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

I was driving with my cruise control on. I tapped my brakes to disengage my cruise control and they locked long enough to send me into a fishtail. I over-corrected to come out of the fishtail and the escape started rolling. The airbags never deployed even though the escape rolled six times and was totaled while still under factory warranty. My daughter received some minor scratches on her hands.

Reported at 29,400 miles, October 2008 CrashInjuryDeath

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape. The contact was driving approximately 65 MPH when she was struck from the drivers side and then crashed into a concrete barrier. The vehicle was spun around into oncoming traffic as she then crashed into a second concrete barrier. The air bags did not deploy. The contact sustained minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not contacted in regards to the failure.

Reported at 85,200 miles, February 2011 CrashInjury

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