# 2008 FORD RANGER — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1418979` · 2017-10-28 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** RANGER
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 83,000
- **Speed:** 60 mph
## Narrative
TAKATA RECALL - I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A DEER HIT IN OCTOBER 2017 WHICH CAUSED MY AIRBAG TO DEFLATE IMPROPERLY.  THE PLASTIC RUPTURED, THE AIRBAG ONLY PARTIALLY INFLATED AND THE PLASTIC CAME BACK AND PUNCTURED MY STOMACH.  IF I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD MY SEATBELT ON, IT WOULD HAVE GONE DEEP INTO MY STOMACH, POSSIBLY CAUSING SURGERY.  I NEVER RECEIVED AN AIRBAG RECALL NOTICE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.  I HAD PURCHASED IN THE TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2014.  MY VEHICLE ENDED UP TOTALED IN THE ACCIDENT, BUT I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INFLATION OF THE AIRBAG.
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