FORD AIR BAG SWITCH Complaints

MY CAR BEGAN HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS WITH SPEED OF 40 MPH AND/OR IF I HIT A RUT IN THE ROAD. I CONTACTED A PRIVATE SHOP THAT DEALT WITH SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND HAD IT REPAIRED. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE IT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. MY HUSBAND SAID THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE DRIVEN FOR IT TO BE THE SAME. NINETEEN DAYS LATER WHILE I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WITH MY HUSBAND AS A PASSENGER, THE CAR MADE A HUGE NOISE AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL. I LOOKED OUTSIDE MY DOOR (DRIVER SIDE) AND MY FRONT WHEEL WAS SIDEWAYS AND OFF OF THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED HOME THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WAS TOLD BACK TO THE SHOP THAT DID THE WORK. THE OWNER OF THE PRIVATE SHOP DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE DID ANYTHING WRONG. I EXPLAINED TO HIM, THAT I WANTED IT FIXED CORRECTLY WITH ALL NEW PARTS (THERE ARE OTHER DAMAGES TO THE CAR). HE CALLED HIS INSURANCE COMPANY AND I IN TURN CALLED MINE. I THEN WENT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR PRIOR TO MY PURCHASING THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM, DID NOT HAVE A RECORD OF THE RECALL. THEY HAVE REFERRED ME TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP OUT OF MY STATE. BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR IS EXACTLY LIKE THE RECALL, ONE CAN ONLY GUESS THAT THIS CAR WAS NOT PROCESSED CORRECTLY. PLEASE HELP ME. *JB

THE IGNITION OF MY 2000 FORD FOCUS I WAS STUCK AT DALLAS AIRPORT AFTER A JOB INTERVIEW FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS IN 90 DEGREE HEAT. IT WAS REPAIRED AND LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS TIME IN FRONT OF MY HOURS. *NM

OUR 2000 WINDSTAR HAS HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS FROM 20,000 MILES ON. RECENTLY AT 60K MILES, OUR TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL. WE WERE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. EACH TIME WE WENT TO FORD SERVICE, WE WERE TOLD A SEAL WAS BROKEN AND REPAIRED. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM. THREE MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAME DIAGNOSIS. AT 70 K, THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. ALTHOUGH WE DEMANDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, FORD SERVICE REFUSED, TELLING US THAT A SEAL WAS ONCE AGAIN BROKEN. WITHIN TWO DAYS, THE SAME PROBLEM CAUSING A BREAKDOWN OUT OF STATE. NEW SERVICE REP. ROLLED HIS EYES WHEN HE SAW WHAT THE PRIOR SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID, BUT 4 DAYS LATER, TOLD US THAT A DEFECTIVE PART WAS INSTALLED AND THAT A NEW PART WOULD BE PUT IN. OF COURSE, NO NEW PART WAS PUT IN AND ON TRANSIT HOME, THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND O/D LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. I WOULD NEVER EVER EVER EVER BUY A FORD AGAIN AS A RESULT OF THEIR LIES AND FAILURE TO FULFILL WARRANTY COMMITMENTS. *NM

DEAR FORD CO . ON NOV 2 2005 I RECEIVED A LETTER ON MY 1994 FORD F 150 IT TOLD ME THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL COULD CATCH FIRE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY DISCONNECTED IT . WHEN THEY SENT A CARD SAYING THE PART WAS IN . WHEN THEY FIXED IT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID IT WAS NOT DUE TO ANYTHING THEY HAD DONE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE . NOW THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK OR THE HORN. AND I AM AFRAID NEITHER DOES THE AIR BAG. I KNOW THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS. WOULD YOU PLEASE ADVISE . THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX IT. *NM

I OWN A 2004 F-250 POWER STROKE DIESEL MY TRUCK HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT HAVE LEFT ME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS ON FREEWAYS, WHERE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS HAD ESCORT ME TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS ON MY VEHICLE EVEN BEFORE I HAD THE PROBLEM OF MY TRUCK STALLING. THEY HAD REPLACED ALL THE RECALL PARTS WHICH WAS SAID TO HAVE CAUSED THE STALLING OF THE POWER STROKE MODELS. AROUND 20,00 MILES AFTER I HAD BOUGHT MY TRUCK IT WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. UP TO THIS DAY IT HAS STALLED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 12 TIMES. SOME TIMES IT WOULD START AND STALL AGAIN AND AT TIMES IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THEM TO FIX IT AND EVERY TIME THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS TO RECORD THE PROBLEMS AS IT STALLS. THE PROBLEM WAS RECORDED AND THEY STILL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME MY VEHICLE STALLED WAS ON THE 6TH OF JULY ME AND MY FAMILY WERE ON A VACATION TO YOSEMITE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WHEN MY TRUCK STALLED ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WITH NO SHOULDER SO I WAS STALLED DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO OPPOSING TRAFFIC WHEN AN ON COMING VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO MY MIRROR AND BROKE IT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE IN SENSE THAT MY FAMILY'S LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. ALL THE SHOP FOREMAN WHICH I DEAL WITH AT THE DEALER TELLS ME TO JUST BRING MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM FED UP WITH THIS PROBLEM. *NM

RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT. I HAD THE EXPLORER DIAGNOSED AND THE DEALER SAID THAT IT NEEDED A MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. I HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED AND A MONTH AND EIGHT DAYS LATER MY RIGHT SIGNAL AND BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKES LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. I HAD THE BULB REPLACED TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE BULB KEPT GOING OUT AND THE DIAGNOSIS ON A MULTIFUNCTION WAS MADE. *NM

IGNITION LOCK WAS JAMMED ON MY FORD FOCUS 2002 AND I HAD TO REPLACE IT TWICE SO FAR. IT COST ME CLOSE TO $400 CANADIAN. I ONLY HAVE 40,000 MILES ON IT . THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A FREQUENT EVENT. FORD IS NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY YET. *JB

04 EXPLORER HAD HARSH REVERSE. RPM'S WENT TO 7 SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. FORD REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN",FORDS ALTERNATIVE TO A RECALL, THAT EXPIRED LAST YEAR TO PUT AN ADDITIVE IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE THE PUT IN THE WRONG TYPE. HAD THE SOLENOID REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. FORD CLAIMED IT TO BE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. COST 1300.00 TO REPAIR BAD SOLENOID,AND 2 PISTON AND RODS. *NM

MY 2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL HAD ITS TURBO REPLACED IN MAY 2005-IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP'S GARAGE ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST YEAR, STALLING OUT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WE CAN NOT TOW ANYTHING WITH OUT IT BLOWING BLACK SMOKE AND CUTTING OUT. I AM 1000 MILES FROM THE INITIAL WARRANTY THE MECHANIC'S HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM I LOCATED A NHTSA RECALL WHICH DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM TO THE TEE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR THE CORRECTION. EVEN THOUGH I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUMMARY STATES: IF THE ENGINE STALLS, A CRASH COULD OCCUR. WHICH COULD ENDANGER MY FAMILY AND POSSIBLY SOMEONE ELSE. *NM

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN OCTOBER 2004. SIX MONTHS ALONG THE CAR SHUT DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING AND FAILED TO TURN OVER. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED AND AFTER FOUR DAYS CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME. HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. IN FEBRUARY 2006 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING, THE CAR STALLED ONCE AGAIN . SAME SITUATION . I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER. THREE DAYS LATER GOT IT BACK, THEY CLAIMED THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WAS NOT FIXED CORRECTLY. YESTERDAY JUNE 26TH I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND AS I AM DRIVING ON THE RAMP TO THE BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY IT DIES ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL SO UNSAFE IN THIS CAR. IMAGINE IF IT HAD SHUT DOWN ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY AS I WAS DRIVING. I WOULD HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED. THE CAR IS A 2004 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC. *NM