1998 FORD F-250 — AIR BAGS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 FORD F-250 — AIR BAGS
Start: 2000-08-22

crash · 232371 · 2000-08-25

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: F-250
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: AIR BAGS
Speed: 40 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

DURING A FRONT IMPACT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ABOVE 15 MPH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY . I AM IN DOUBT AS TO THE RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM. THE DEALER SAID IT DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE BUMPER WAS HIT.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 729010
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown