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2017 Ford F-150 air bags problems

23 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2017 Ford F-150, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
23 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
27,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
12 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2017 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 27,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 27,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 81% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 27,000 miles, and 81% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 12 injuries.

What owners wrote

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-150. The contacts stated that his wife was driving approximately 55mph when the vehicle in front came to an abrupt stop and the contact crashed into the other vehicle, which resulted in the air bags not deploying. The contacts sought medical treatment and sustained abdominal, wrists chest injuries, while the wife sustained chest, side, back, and stomach injuries. The contact's son was sitting in the rear passenger side seat and also received chest and stomach injuries.

Reported at 103,000 miles, January 2022 CrashInjury

On october 3, 2019, a car failed to yield and drove in my path. I collided with another vehicle at 45 miles per hour with my 2017 ford f 150 xlt. I was traveling south at 45 MPH and the other vehicle was traveling east at 15 MPH. The highway I was traveling on a 4 lane city street that had a 45 MPH speed limit traveling south. The other vehicle was traveling east down a 2 lane city street with a stop sign at the corner. The other vehicle stopped at the stop sign and proceeded to pull out in front of me.

Reported at 32,338 miles, October 2019 CrashInjury

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