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2014 Ford Focus air bags problems

32 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2014 Ford Focus1% of all complaints for this model year.

32
Air Bags complaints
1%
share of all complaints
16,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
22 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Unable to control vehicle in light rain conditions. Steering took me straight off the highway into a steel wire fence. Totalled the car with massive front end damage. Seat belt did not lock. Knocked window out with head during impact. The ONLY airbag to deploy was the knee airbag, shooting the hard…

    filed Oct 6, 2023

  • The contact owns a 2014 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH, the driver's side air bag erroneously deployed. The contact stated that no collision had occurred to cause the air bag to deploy. During the failure, the driver sustained a neck injury that required…

    filed Jul 24, 2023

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other Focus years

YearReportsShare
2018 Focus91%
2017 Focus152%
2016 Focus151%
2015 Focus182%
2013 Focus261%
2012 Focus551%
2011 Focus65%
2010 Focus124%
2009 Focus2210%
2008 Focus2610%
2007 Focus11830%
2006 Focus3919%
Focus air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.