Consumer Complaint Detail

AIRBAG / SWITCH / 9999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004292170 Incident Date: Jul, 31 2004
Consumer's City: LANCASTER Consumer's State: SC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: AIRBAG SYSTEMS, INC.
Model Name: SWITCH Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment:other:owners/service/other manual
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FALP13P6VW Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 02 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 02 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Airbag deployed after recall repairs by ford (notification and verification of notice and repair are in our possession) resulting in burns to passenger on forearms (due to inflation of bag), broken windshield and dash is messed up. no accident ocurred or object hit. car was moving at 15 mph (max) at deployment. ford declares "no" responsibility due to excess mileage (84,440). i didn't realize there is a "mileage limitation" on safety!*ak