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Search Results   Report Date : November 22, 2009 at 06:15 PM NHTSA Action Number : PE09046 N/A NHTSA Action Number : PE09046 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Make / Models :         Model/Build Years:          FORD / F-150     2005      FORD / F150     2005 Manufacturer : FORD MOTOR COMPANY Component : AIR BAGS AIR BAGS:FRONTAL AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE Date Investigation Opened : September 24, 2009 Date Investigation Closed : Open Summary: ODI HAS RECEIVED EIGHT CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2005 FORD F-150 PICKUP VEHICLES ALLEGING THAT THE DRIVER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING IGNITION START OR SECONDS AFTER THE ENGINE HAD STARTED. FIVE OF THE EIGHT COMPLAINANTS ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED INJURIES FROM THE INADVERTENT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. ONE COMPLAINANT (VOQ 10231591) STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, WHEN SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. BELIEVING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, SHE THEN JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE (WHILE STILL IN REVERSE) AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO SOME LANDSCAPE BUSHES RESULTING IN OVER $3,000 IN VEHICLE DAMAGE. OTHER INJURIES RANGED FROM BRUISED CHEST AND NECK TO SKIN ABRASION TO THE ARM REGION. A SERVICING TECHNICIAN TOLD SOME OWNERS THAT THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS DUE TO A WIRE CHAFFING ISSUE. INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND/OR INJURIES. Check to Request Research. Submit below.