1995 Ford Escort air bags problems
79 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1995 Ford Escort, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 79 11% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 61 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 54 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 61 crashes, 2 fires, 54 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Consumer was traveling around our about 4 MPH to 11 MPH when was involved in a head-on collision, hitting a tree in which both driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed, upon deployment of the driver side air bag, the impact killed the driver.
Consumer was driving about 40 MPH and a deer jumped in front of the vehicle causing an accident. Upon impact, airbags failed to deploy completely. Consumer stated that the bags came out, but did not inflate completely, causing driver to sustain a concussion.
Other problems reported for the 1995 Ford Escort
- Seat belts 162 complaints
- Fuel system 145 complaints
- Electrical system 53 complaints
- Engine 53 complaints
- Suspension 40 complaints
- Brakes 33 complaints
- Transmission 25 complaints
- Steering 19 complaints