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2013 Ford Focus air bags problems

26 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2013 Ford Focus, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
26 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
66,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
18 and 0
Injuries and deaths
16 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2013 Ford Focus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 66,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 66,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 43% 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 miles4
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 21 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 18 crashes, 16 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My 75 year old mother in law was driving this car (her car) on 4/4/17 in bellmead, texas. She was hit at about 40 MPH in the front passenger side quarter panel/wheel area by a 1998 honda sedan. She was driving on a paved feeder road in clear sun shiny weather. The car was a total loss due to the axel breaking and the air bag did not deploy. She hit her head in the accident which resulted in her death a week later due to a stroke caused by a left hemorrhagic stroke (brain bleed).

Reported at 52,000 miles, April 2017 CrashInjuryDeath

I was involved in an accident in which I rear-ended the vehicle in front of me. I decelerated from between 60 and 65 MPH to 0 MPH in just a few seconds, with frontal impact being made with the car in front of me probably somewhere around 30 MPH or less. My knee airbag deployed immediately (I have the bruise to prove it). My steering wheel airbag began deploy but stopped. I have pictures showing the horn cover of the steering wheel separated from the base about a centimeter. My horn began honking in even pulses.

Reported at 33,000 miles, December 2014 CrashInjury

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