NHTSA complaint: 2012 FORD FOCUS — AIR BAGS
I TURNED ONTO A TWO LANE STREET (ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION). THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED DUE A RED LIGHT. AN SUV PULLED OUT OF A PARKING LOT BETWEEN TWO OF THE CARS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN AND TRIED TO CUT ACROSS MY LANE ALSO, BUT HIT MY CAR INSTEAD. I DRIVE A FORD FOCUS, A SMALL CAR. I WAS HIT ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT FENDER AND DOOR. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE FENDER AND MIRROR WERE TORN COMPLETELY OFF OF THE CAR. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DAMAGED, AND SOMETHING WAS BENT, SO THAT THE TIRE COULD NO LONGER BE SET IN A STRAIGHT POSITION. THE HOOD WAS BENT, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS HANGING FROM THE CAR. THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE FOOT WELL CAVED INWARD AND HIT MY LEGS. THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS HIT SO HARD THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, AND I HAD TO UNTANGLE MY FEET, AND EXIT THE CAR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. MY TINY CAR WAS HIT BY AN SUV THAT HAD "PUNCHED" THE GAS TO TRY AND CROSS IN FRONT OF ME- BUT HIT MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR INSTEAD. THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE DONE TO MY CAR, BUT MY AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. I'VE HEARD OF AIRBAGS GOING OFF WHEN SOMEONE BARELY HIT SOMETHING WITH THEIR BUMPER, YET I GOT HIT DIRECTLY IN MY DOOR, AT A DECENT RATE OF SPEED BY AN AUTOMOBILE TWICE THE SIZE OF MINE, AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. NOT MY FRONT AIRBAG, NOR MY SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THIS IS SOME TYPE OF DEFECT. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation