Steve McKellop
Well-Known Member
Scot and any other tech, what's your take on this problem? On an SRS deployment on a 2005 Trac does the whole system not deploy if triggered? Would the dah bags and pretensioners deploy and not the side curtains? Conversely, side curtains and no other components????
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From another site:
For Sport Trac Owners:
On my 2005 Sport Trac the side curtain air bags deployed while driving approximately 35mph. The feeling is almost the same as being in a collision....in fact my passenger and I both thought the truck had been hit by something. However there was no collision and no damage to the vehicle other than that caused by the air bag deployment.
The vehicle was taken to a local Ford dealership. The air bag system computer had sensed a collision. The dealer spent several days troubleshooting and could not determine the cause. They coordinated with Ford technical services and concluded changing most of the sensors/electronics would be required. The cost of this repair would be approximately $4600.# This damage is not covered by insurance either. If there was a collision they will cover it, comprehensive coverage does not cover this.
Ford Customer Relations was contacted and they will not accept any liability for this safety defect. If the air bags inadvertently deploy, causing a collision, damage to the vehicle, and injuries/death to occupants, the inadvertent deployment will most likely never be noted. On scene police would logically assume the air bags operated as they should have and deployed due to the collision.
In my case there was no collision and no damage. Ford Customer Relations showed little interest in the safety issue involved here. They suggested a pothole could have been the cause, or my base plate (installed for towing the Sport Trac) was a modification the the vehicle that also could be a cause. However since a definite cause cannot be found they refuse to accept any liability.
Inadvertent air bag deployment should not occur. There are Failure Modes and Effects Analysis that are done to design around this type of# failure. If critical/safety failures occur once a system is installed in many vehicles there should be a process to initiate an engineering investigation to identify the cause of the failure and provide a fix (via recall). The lack of concern by Ford is frustrating, they know there have been failures of this kind on many vehicles, Ford, Honda, etc.
A Incident report has been filed with NHTSA.
:sad:
From another site:
For Sport Trac Owners:
On my 2005 Sport Trac the side curtain air bags deployed while driving approximately 35mph. The feeling is almost the same as being in a collision....in fact my passenger and I both thought the truck had been hit by something. However there was no collision and no damage to the vehicle other than that caused by the air bag deployment.
The vehicle was taken to a local Ford dealership. The air bag system computer had sensed a collision. The dealer spent several days troubleshooting and could not determine the cause. They coordinated with Ford technical services and concluded changing most of the sensors/electronics would be required. The cost of this repair would be approximately $4600.# This damage is not covered by insurance either. If there was a collision they will cover it, comprehensive coverage does not cover this.
Ford Customer Relations was contacted and they will not accept any liability for this safety defect. If the air bags inadvertently deploy, causing a collision, damage to the vehicle, and injuries/death to occupants, the inadvertent deployment will most likely never be noted. On scene police would logically assume the air bags operated as they should have and deployed due to the collision.
In my case there was no collision and no damage. Ford Customer Relations showed little interest in the safety issue involved here. They suggested a pothole could have been the cause, or my base plate (installed for towing the Sport Trac) was a modification the the vehicle that also could be a cause. However since a definite cause cannot be found they refuse to accept any liability.
Inadvertent air bag deployment should not occur. There are Failure Modes and Effects Analysis that are done to design around this type of# failure. If critical/safety failures occur once a system is installed in many vehicles there should be a process to initiate an engineering investigation to identify the cause of the failure and provide a fix (via recall). The lack of concern by Ford is frustrating, they know there have been failures of this kind on many vehicles, Ford, Honda, etc.
A Incident report has been filed with NHTSA.
