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2004 Ford Expedition air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 50 complaints for the 2004 Ford Expedition, 13% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
50 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
87,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
33 and 1
Injuries and deaths
52 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford Expedition Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 87,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 87,000 miles
Based on 41 complaints that include mileage. 34% 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 miles9
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 41 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 34% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 33 crashes, 1 fire, 52 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My husband was driving down a county road at around 9:00 pm in our 2004 eddie bauer edition expedition ,from dps it was told he could have been going at a rate of up to 100 MPH when he reached a curve he missed it and tried to get back on the road but lost control of the vehicle which flipped multiple times ,the only airbags that deployed were the side airbags even though there was very serious front end damage the frontal driver and passenger airbags did not deploy ,which could have saved his life.

April 2014 CrashDeath

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 ford expedition. While driving approximately 35 MPH and turning to avoid a crash, the contact lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle went over the median, crashed into a concrete pillar, slid sideways down the pillar, and the passenger side crashed into a pole. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact received injuries to the right arm as well as teeth and facial injuries. One rear seat passenger received teeth and facial injuries. Another rear seat passenger received rib injuries.

Reported at 127,000 miles, December 2015 CrashInjury

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