# 2001 LINCOLN TOWN CAR — AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
> NHTSA complaint `698730` · 2008-12-04 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** LINCOLN
- **Model:** TOWN CAR
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- **Miles at failure:** 127,000
- **Speed:** 68 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING 1-16 WEST, GOING SPEED LIMIT (70) WITH CRUISE CONTROL WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION IN MY LEFT EAR (I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN SHOT), I WAS SO STUNNED FOR A MOMENT I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT I TURNED MY HEAD SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND REALIZED THE AIR BAG IN MY BACK REST HAD BLOWN UP.  SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF IT AND I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE.  THE AIR BAG SLAMMED INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE, NECK & SHOULDER.  I WAS TRAUMATIZED THE REST OF THE DAY. *TR
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