Ford air bags problems
Across all Ford models in NHTSA's complaint database, 17,283 complaints involve air bags. The Fusion accounts for the largest share (20%). The single worst model year is the 2008 Fusion with 638 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17,283 about air bags, all Ford models
- Most affected
- Fusion 21% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 66,000 miles 5,596 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5456 and 183
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Ford models
Worst model years for air bags
- 2008 Ford Fusion638 complaints
- 2007 Ford Fusion617 complaints
- 2010 Ford Fusion591 complaints
- 2008 Ford Edge440 complaints
- 2012 Ford Fusion406 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 65 |
| 1991 | 86 |
| 1992 | 127 |
| 1993 | 176 |
| 1994 | 414 |
| 1995 | 497 |
| 1996 | 279 |
| 1997 | 439 |
| 1998 | 400 |
| 1999 | 600 |
| 2000 | 710 |
| 2001 | 633 |
| 2002 | 568 |
| 2003 | 412 |
| 2004 | 513 |
| 2005 | 732 |
| 2006 | 1,000 |
| 2007 | 1,747 |
| 2008 | 1,747 |
| 2009 | 844 |
| 2010 | 1,406 |
| 2011 | 836 |
| 2012 | 783 |
| 2013 | 468 |
| 2014 | 495 |
| 2015 | 265 |
| 2016 | 343 |
| 2017 | 180 |
| 2018 | 122 |
| 2019 | 105 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 79 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 33 |
| 2025 | 22 |
| 2026 | 3 |
Among the 5,596 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.