1997 Ford Expedition air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 27 complaints for the 1997 Ford Expedition, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 18 crashes, 1 fire, 16 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Driver lost control of vehicle, ran off the road into an embankment and driver was ejected out of vehicle. The airbag didn't deploy. Also, transmission shift indicator has a lot of play and is off when selecting a gear.
While coming to a stop and the intersection of longstreet and highway 82. I pressed on the brake peddle and the brakes locked up and I sled through the intersection into a ditch. I was traveling the speed limit of 50 MPH. The passenger air bag deployed but the drivers did not deploy. I have a broken nose from hitting steering wheel. Seat belts were on front seat driver and passenger.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Ford Expedition
- Suspension 146 complaints
- Brakes 120 complaints
- Steering 106 complaints
- Electrical system 102 complaints
- Engine 99 complaints
- Cruise control 81 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 48 complaints
- Transmission 43 complaints