Problems with 2004 Ford Ranger AIR BAGS

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. the contact stated that the manufacturer sent a recall notice concerning the air bags per nhtsa campaign number: 16v036000 (air bags). the dealer (woody folsom ford, 1633 golden isles w, baxley, ga 31513, (855) 675-1053) was contacted and indicated that the remedy and parts had not been available for an extended period of time. the manufacturer was notified. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Tamara recall: i contacted jim falk's valley isle ford dealership as well as ford consumer hotline for resolutions to get my airbags replaced. i purchased the vehicle in 2005, and live on a different island to where the dealership is located. they want me to ship my only vehicle to them to fix the airbags, which could take a short amount of time leaving me car-less for roughly 2 to 3 weeks, at my expense. they will not fix or replace the airbags for me which will cost me roughly $500 - $1500 for shipping and or rental car costs, and i'll never buy another car from them again. they won't even ship a repair person over to replace it. what am i to do?

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. the contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the air bag warning light illuminated. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v787000 (air bags) and 14v343000 (air bags) however, the parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the issue. the failure mileage was 180,000.

Nhtsa website states airbag recalls for 2004 ranger on both driver and passenger side, and ford hotline confirmed recall 14bo4 for this vehicle vin. local dealer made apt for 11/28/14 for recall but on driver side only, but why this appointment because ford hotline says no parts until 1st qtr 2015 but your website vin check says 0 recalls. what gives? does nhtsa know what is really going on? *tr

Air bags did not deploy during a front-end collision. this vehicle was involved in a front end collision. a vehicle attempted to make a left-hand turn into the path of this vehicle. this vehicle hit the passenger side of the other vehicle, departed the road way and impacted a corner reflector pole. the impact with the pole resulted in the front end being pushed into a v-shape and significant damage. the driver of this vehicle was wearing her seat belt and was 28 weeks pregnant. the air bags did not deploy. driver was uninjured, but did start having contractions. driver went to the hospital and was monitored for several hours until contractions subsided and tests were completed to verify placenta had not ruptured. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. the contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated and the air bag alarm sounded continuously. the failures recurred numerous times. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the contact was made aware of nhtsa campaign number: 14v787000 (air bags); however, the vin was not included. the manufacturer was not notified of the failures. the approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

The srs passenger airbag on/off switch has a lightbulb that is hard wired into the board inside the switch module. it has a relatively short life span, and when the bulb burns out is causes the module to deactivate the srs airbags in both the driver's side and the passengers side. this causes the occupant(s) to be unprotected as the airbags cannot deploy in the event of a collision. this is the 2nd occurrence of this in my vehicle in the last 4 years, and from what i have been able to glean in online research, this is a "known" problem...and no doubt one that ford motor company is aware of, or should be aware of the existence of the problem, as i personally have reported this to ford motor company. ford motor company's willful neglect to remedy this situation by not changing the switch to allow for the easy and inexpensive replacement of a $1.00 led lightbulb to allow either the owner of the vehicle or a qualified automobile mechanic with the capabilities of testing for the continuity of the device is being done for the greed of the bottom line, and their total lack of care for the safety of the vehicle occupant(s). i have personally placed a call, and left a voice message on 10/29/13, for [xxx], ford motor company's general counsel, to call me to discuss the issue, without the decency of a return call in over 24 hours. in the event that ford motor company does not acknowledge this defect as a major safety defect...which to correct each time costs the owner of the vehicle somewhere in the neighborhood of $150.00 to $200.00 for the replacement "oem" part and labor, and also does not reimburse me for these (2) expenses, i will file a suit in u.s.federal court for the northern district of new hampshire for the recovery of the actual, compensatory and punitive damages, as well as the possibility of expanding this to be a "class" filing. *tr

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. the contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. the contact received notification for nhtsa campaign numbers: 16v036000 (air bags) and 15v322000 (air bags); however, the parts needed were not available. the dealer confirmed that the parts were available for one of the recalls and would perform a temporary remedy for the other recall. the manufacturer was made aware of the delay. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 60,000. vin tool confirms parts not available. updated 06/15/16*lj the consumer stated the passenger side air bag was replaced. however, the driver's side needed to be replaced. updated 06/28/16.*jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while reversing, the front driver and passenger air bags deployed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. he stated that the passenger on and off switch remains in the on position and that it has failed. the light air bag light is illuminated on the dashboard; however, no one has turned the air bag switch on. the mechanic performed a diagnostic test and confirmed that the switch has failed. the contact stated that the air bags have also malfunctioned. the ford manufacturer has been contacted and they stated that there were no related recalls for his year, make and model vehicle. ford has also stated that the repair parts are not available. the failure continued to occur. the repairs will be done at the owners expense. the failure and current mileages were 60000. updated 02/17/10.

This vehicle was involved in an intersection roll-over accident on 21 dec 2009. usaa declared the truck a total loss.i obviously no longer own or drive this truck. i checked the box no longer own this vehicle several years ago and mailed it back but still get my monthly reminders to have my air bags replaced. by the way, the air bags did not deploy

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle crashed into a tree. the contact was not wearing a seat belt since the vehicle is used to deliver mail. the air bags did not deploy. due to medication, the contact fell asleep while driving. there were no passengers in the vehicle. the contact was injured. the insurance company was notified. the failure mileage was 139,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while driving approximately 20 mph, the contact struck a patch of ice. her vehicle crashed into the passenger side of another vehicle. her vehicle was completely destroyed and none of the air bags deployed. the contact sustained moderate injuries. she did not notify the dealer or the manufacturer. she has a copy of the police report and pictures of the failure. the vin and mileages were unknown.

While driving my 2004 ford ranger, only had 60,000 km's on it, down the highway at about 80 kmph, the left side of the rear axle broke, as i was going over a bridge causing loss of control and striking a bridge, tearing up 20 feet of guard rail and railing 5 times. the air bags also did not deploy as they should have as front bumper hit bridge rail directly. was cleaned up by police and tow company. insurance company had the vehicle and believe they may have scraped it as they did not want it on the road again. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. the contact stated that the cruise control and horn worked intermittently. the dealer stated that the clock spring needed to be replaced. the contact did not notice any differences beforehand. the current and failure mileages were 60,000. updated 10/16/08 *bf updated 10/15/08.*jb

I have a 2004 ford ranger p/u that has a problem with the cruise control. from time to time (and getting more frequent)the cruise will not work and when this happens also the horn is inoperable. i know that ford has a recall for certain vehicles with cruise problems , but my truck vin does not fall under those being recalled. i contacted ford customer service ,they informed me to take it to a dealer as it wasn't covered.i called a local dealer service and the service manager said to me oh yeah we get that problem and 9 out of 10 times it's a spring in the steering column that wraps the wires and along with no cruise or horn you also lose your driver air bag protection!!!now this is a real problem,as how many people do you know test their horn before driving out the drive and for that matter really how many people even use cruise control on a regular basis? i know in my case that if it does go in cruise and i am going down the nys thruway and have to tap my brake for slow traffic and then tap resume after traffic clears and cruise does not function that tells me my horn isn't going to work and my life could be in danger if i was involved in an accident because my air bag is also inoperable. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while driving approximately 55 mph, the contact's vehicle was struck on the driver's side by another vehicle. the air bags did not deploy. the contact suffered neck and back pain, which required medical attention. a police report was not filed. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified. there were no open recalls associated with the vehicle at the time of the failure. the vin was unknown. the approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

I had an accident at stowe mtn. resort on route 108 that involved a front end collision about 20 degress from front center of the ford ranger truck. i hit a stone wall at about 25 to 30 miles an hour and the frame of the truck has to be replaced by insurance. damage was 6922.77 before the repair has been completed in damage. hit a wall and ford says no problem with truck as far as air bags, but they did not deploy. the driver nor front passenger air bag deployed! contacted dealer and ford and they say there is no complaint because the air bag did not malfunction. hit wall with truck, ford motor co. consumer complaint in florida (800 number),and dealer, formula ford of barre, vt. *nm

In june of 2006 i was in an auto accident that totaled my 2004 ford ranger. during the course of the accident the drivers side airbag deployed with a great force that it messed up my neck with two discs and my left arm at the elbow which left a scar and i have difficulty using the said left arm, it's almost like a non existence limb as well as my lower back (i'm only 5 foot 2 inches) it messed up four disc pinching off nerves leaving my left leg froze up and i have to use a cane to be able to walk. i can not have surgery to fix the problems

While driving at 50 mph consumer's vehicle collided with another vehicle head on. upon impact, the airbags failed to deploy, resulting in minor injuries.*ak

2004 ranger xlt pickup truck had frontal collision with a stump at 35 mph on oct 3 2004 doing $10,400 damage including bending the frame. neither driver's or passenger's air bag deployed. driver has head, neck, facial,shoulder and abdominal injuries. defective air bags. *nm

While driving 45 mph vehicle suddenly accelerated. consumer applied both feet to the brake pedal and vehicle continued to accelerate, causing the vehicle to hit an embankment and roll over more than twice. driver and passenger sustained neck and back injuries and were transported by ambulance to the hospital. vehicle was totaled out by the insurance company. upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. *ak

Dt: the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger and the vehicle was involved in a major accident in the front end. upon impact, the driver's air bags did not deploy. the speed at the time of accident was around 35-40 mph. the passenger's air bag was turned off. *ak *sc

I am forced to drive a dangerous recall of my vehicle airbags

While driving at 40 mph, another vehicle pulled in front of consumer's vehicle from an intersection. the front of consumer's vehicle collided dead center of the other vehicle. consumer was wearing seat belts at the time of collision but the air bags did not deploy. there was one injury in each vehicle. consumer was treated by the paramedic at the scene. *ak *nm

While driving 45 mph driver applied the brakes and pedal went to the floor. this caused the driver to hit a tree. upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. driver sustained back and neck injuries and was transported by ambulance to the hospital. vehicle was totaled.*ak consumer was driving 45 mph, when he rounded a curve, hit an ice, vehicle fish tailed, hit an ice and went over an embankment and collided head on with a tree. upon collision with the tree, the airbags failed to deploy. consumer suffered severe bruising of the chest. ford tested the vehicle and said that the vehicle was fine. *la