Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / WINDSTAR / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006098592 Incident Date: Dec, 31 2005
Consumer's City: JACKSON Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: WINDSTAR Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2FMDA5340YB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 14 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On my 2000 ford windstar my airbag light has been coming on and flashing a code. i asked a friend that works at the local dealership what this code meant and i was informed that there is a short in my passenger side airbag. i said something to my local mechanic and he told me that at a conference he attended they were told that on safety equipment like airbags there is an extended warranty. i went to my local dealer and asked the shop manager about the extended warranty on airbags and they told me there is no such thing and they are covered the same as the vehicle warranty which is 60,000 miles. as of today my van has about 118,000 miles on it so i am well beyond the warranty. is there an extension of the warranty on safety equipment? i was also wondering since this is a short in my passenger side airbag can that airbag deploy without being in a crash. i ask this because my teenage daughters sit up front with me all the time and i would hate for it to explode in their face without any warning, just because i wasn't able to get the short fixed. *jb