1996 Ford Escort air bags problems
21 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1996 Ford Escort, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 21 8% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 17 crashes, 16 injuries.
What owners wrote
Driver's side airbag did not come out of middle of steering wheel as intended, instead came out more to right, occupant received injuries.
The vehicle was involved in an accident, the air bags failed to deploy and the seat belt did not restrain the consumer as designed, the consumer was injured. *scc
Other problems reported for the 1996 Ford Escort
- Seat belts 80 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Electrical system 19 complaints