Ford F-350 Air Bags Problems
- 27
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 13
- Years with records
- 1999–2016
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 27 stored complaint records:
- 22 indicate a crash
- 13 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 3 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- police report · 9 records
- report filed · 9 records
- failed deploy · 7 records
- failure mileage · 5 records
- passenger side · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 7 |
| 100–150k mi | 4 |
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
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Air Bags · Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
Referenced ford had the driver's side airbag deploy while vehicle was parked in a heated garage overnight. There was no key in the ignition. We do not have a time frame for how long it was parked before deployment. After this deployment found that the truck no longer had power to start the vehicle or any dashboard indicators/gauges working. The headlights would come on/off randomly till battery is completely dead…
ODI 11176553
Air Bags · Service Brakes · Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f-350. While the contact's father was driving 55 mph, he swerved to avoid striking another vehicle. When the brake pedal was depressed, the driver's side tires did not stop and the steering seized. As a result, the driver struck a tree and the vehicle rolled into a ditch. A police report was filed. The air bags did not deploy. The contact's father sustained blunt force trauma to the…
Crash reported · 1 death
ODI 11152872
Air Bags
The vehicle wa in motion, ran off the side of the road , clipped a few trees, landed in a pond. Force of impact hitting water cracked windshield. Passenger side of truck was mauled.truck was totaled.... Air bags did not deploy, had there been a passenger, in all likely hood would have been dead.
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11104230
Air Bags
I was just recently involved in a head on collision with a tree when i lost control of my vehicle, which is a new 2016 ford f-350, on august 24th, 2017. This accident resulted in a total of 5 surgeries in less then 11 days! I have severe trauma & other related injuries that will require more surgeries. The entire front end of my truck was pushed back about 2-3 feet & none of my airbags deployed! Neither driver side…
Crash reported · 7 injuries
ODI 11023891
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford f-350. While driving 50 mph, the contact crashed into another vehicle. None of the air bags deployed. The vehicle was towed to a collision center and the dealer was not contacted as of yet. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a neck fracture that required medical attention. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 147,000.
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11020924
Air Bags
Shortly after buying 2014 superduty f350 crew cab diesel used truck in june 2017, airbag lights started coming on and off. Was told they airbags not activate if we were in accident. Dealer who sold it to us did not offer any help, dealer near us could not locate problem since airbag lights went off and on could not locate issue, tried replacing driver side module, no luck. Months later dealer traced problem by…
ODI 11052068
Air Bags · Seats
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-350. While driving 35 mph on the interstate, the driver lost control due to black ice. The contact drove into a ditch. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed out of the ditch. The contact struck the center console and sustained a concussion, and severe pain to the head, neck, and shoulders. The driver sustained a concussion and another passenger sustained undisclosed…
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 10949883
Air Bags
I slid on black ice coasting down a small hill on the roadway doing 35 mph in a 45 mph zone. The momentum & weight of the vehicle made the vehicle veer off the road into a pine tree. Despite my best efforts to take my foot off the gas & steer in the direction where the vehicle was sliding (as we were always taught to do), i had no control over where my vehicle was going. I hit a pine tree rather hard. My friend was…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10664685