2014 Ford Explorer air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 47 complaints for the 2014 Ford Explorer, 2% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 47 2% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 33 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 7 crashes, 11 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
We were driving down a rural road beginning to slow down, when the car did not slow down, it.went at fullspeed while hitting the brakes. Then hitting a tree head on, causing a fatality. I did not.want the car destroyed, because I wanted a full investigation performed on the cause and the tps . I only received a blackbox info with limited info showing vehicle speed at crash. The only thing slowing vehicle was a ditch and the tree. Also driver side belt came unattatched as well as middle passenger.
Our 2014 ford explorer sport has suddenly lost its power steering making it very difficult to drive and has a tendency to jerk the wheel left and right when driving. This I'm told is not under warranty and will cost approximately $1800 to fix. I believe the three years prior to mine had the same problem and were recalled. The explorer has not been in any accidents and has 73k miles.
Other problems reported for the 2014 Ford Explorer
- Steering 500 complaints
- Body & structure 277 complaints
- Engine 252 complaints
- Suspension 103 complaints
- Electrical system 101 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 77 complaints
- Fuel system 72 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 53 complaints