1996 Ford Explorer air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 45 complaints for the 1996 Ford Explorer, 2% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 39 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 36 and 5
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 39 crashes, 36 injuries, 5 deaths.
What owners wrote
The driver of the vehicle was involved in a accident, the vehicle was hit on the rear left side which caused the driver to loose control of the vehicle resulting in it rolling over 3 1/4 times, the passenger was killed and the driver sustained extensive injuries including a broken neck, the consumer believes that the recall 00v-402 for front sway bars may or may not have contributed to the accident and was received after the accident occured, during the accident neither air bags deployed. Nlm
While driving 70 MPH rear right tire tread separated, causing the vehicle to hit a pole and roll once. Vehicle landed upside down on an embankment. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy. Driver sustained minor injuries.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Ford Explorer
- Tires 650 complaints
- Cruise control 155 complaints
- Brakes 149 complaints
- Suspension 112 complaints
- Transmission 96 complaints
- Engine 84 complaints
- Seat belts 81 complaints
- Body & structure 70 complaints