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2012 Ford Fiesta air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 15 complaints for the 2012 Ford Fiesta, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
15 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Fiesta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 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: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 10 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

We were on the highway while it was snowing. All of the other vehicles were slowing down because there was an accident blocking off the highway. Eventually we all came to a stop. After we stopped there was a yukon that was unable to stop because of conditions and its load and hit us from behind. He was probably going 35 MPH. Both the passenger and driver's head flung back against seats. No airbags deployed. Passenger has suffered in the spine from this accident.

March 2014 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owned a 2012 ford fiesta. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact slowed the vehicle down to make a u turn and lost control. As a result, the contact struck a parked vehicle. The frontal air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a garage. A week after the crash, the contact went to the hospital and was diagnosed with a contusion, mild concussion, a rib compress wall, and swelling. The VIN was invalid.

Reported at 72,863 miles, April 2016 CrashInjury

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