NHTSA — Air Bags: Frontal Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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1996 Mercury Mystique seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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1996 Mercury Mystique Owner Comments

problem #5

Apr 032000

(reported on)

Mystique

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 55mph, and the airbags did not deploy, resulting in minor injuries. Dealer will be notified.

- Jacksonville, NC, USA

problem #4

Apr 171998

Mystique

  • miles
On this day a truck cut in front of us in heavy traffic where I hit his bumper and no damage was done to his. But my car took damage from the impact and my husband recieved trauma from the passenger airbag that put him in the hospital for four days with trauma to his right eye. He was in his seatbelt and was knocked out with blood trauma to his righteye that cause permanent nerve damage. The attorney's we have had has been disbarred and paidoff by Ford/Mercury and their was a airbag expert by the name of jack out of lufkin Texas and we need his report to be compensated for the malfuction of the airbags and for the company to claim responsibility and pay for thier error. Prior to this my airbags had been scheduled to be replaced in Louisiana in Jul 1997. But the dealership recieved my airbags over 3 months after I had left the state so there was something wrong with these airbags and the company never notified me of the danger, please help me if I can get the inspectors report, I will be able to have the proof to win my case.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #3

Sep 011999

Mystique

  • miles
Air bag warning light was flashing on and off. The air bag on the driver's side was beginning to protrude out of the steering wheeel hub. To the dealer, charged consumer $65 to tighten up a screw in the steering wheel. Report given by owner's son bill campbell.

- Pensacola, FL, USA

problem #2

Aug 291998

Mystique

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer had a head-on collision with a deer and air bags deployed, causing her to stay in hospital for a week and a half. Also, loss of hearing.

- Morro Bay, CA, USA

problem #1

Sep 091997

Mystique

  • miles
The vehicle hit a pothole in which the driver's and passenger's side airbags deployed, and the windshield also cracked. Consumer states vehicle was only traveling 5 mph, dash also has a split.

- Leeburg, GA, USA

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