# 2000 FORD F-150 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `304095` · 2000-12-17 · 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:** F-150
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- **Speed:** 50 mph
## Narrative
DRIVING TO WORK ON INTERSTATE.  HIT "BLACK ICE"  WAS ON RT FAR SIDE, WAS THROWN INTO 2' CONCRETE WALL BARRIER ON FAR LFT SIDE OF INTERSTATE @ 50MPR HEAD-ON.  SRS DIDN'T DEPLOY.  RCEIVED INJURIES:  LEFT SHOULDER/ARM (SEATBELT & THROWN INTO DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR), NECK, UP'R BACK, RT KNEE, LFT LOWER SHIN (LASCARATION, SCRAPES & BRUISES FROM HITTING EMERGENCY BRAKE.)  TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.  FIRE DEPT NOTED/CONCERNED THAT SRS DIDN'T DEPLOY.  "BRAND NEW TRUCK, AIRBAGS DIDN'T WORK..WHY?"  PAID $30,000 FOR TRUCK W/SRS & DEFECTIVE.  DEFECTIVE SENSOR, NO AIRBAGS INSTALLED, OR AIRBAG MANUFACTURER DEFECT.  CONTACTED HILL FORD, WAS TOLD, "SOMETIMES AIRBAGS WORK, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T."  I SAID, "SOMETIMES YOU DIE, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T?"  NOT ACCEPTING THAT ANSWER FOR A SAFETLY FEATURE.  WOULD OF WALKED AWAY FROM HEAD-ON CRASH W/LITTLE TO NO INJURIES.  SRS WOULD OF STABALIZED ME & I WOULDN'T OF BEEN THROWN AROUND OR HIT DASH BOARD.   WHY DIDN'T SRS OPERATE AT ALL?  AMERICAN FAMILY INS BREAKING DOWN TRUCK FOR TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATATION.  OVER A WK SINCE ACCIDENT..NO ANSWERS, NO TRUCK.  FRAME BENT & CAP TWISTED IN ACCIDENT....BUT DO HAVE INJURIES & DEFECTIVE SRS.  WHY?  *AK
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