Air Bag Deployment – Ford – F-150 – Truck – Air Bags – complaints – injuries

NATIONAL – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into unnecessary air-bag deployments that could affect as many as 530,000 Ford F-150 pickups.

The agency says it has received eight (8) complaints from owners of 2005 models saying the driver’s side air bag deployed “during ignition or seconds after the engine had started.” Some complained of burns or bruises as a result of the air bag deployment.