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2021 FORD F-250 — AIR BAGS

crash · 2107729 · 2025-07-08

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
F-250
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
AIR BAGS
Speed
65 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I hit an elk at 65 mph while pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with 4000 lbs of hay. The crash warning light did not come on nor did the air bags deploy. The whole front end of the truck is badly damaged. I contacted my local Ford dealer with this information and was told by the service agent that the body shop will handle this. As my concern is how hard do you have to hit something to get the airbags to deploy. I’m concerned for my safety while driving this truck again if it can be repaired. I’m taking it to the repair shop today. I wanted to report this as Ford will be ZERO help moving forward.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11671870
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown