NHTSA complaint: 2017 FORD TRANSIT — AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TRANSIT. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, AND THE CONTACT WAS JUST ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN THEIR RED LIGHT AND CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT DID SUSTAIN INJURIES. THEY DID RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A FRACTURED LEFT RIB, A CUT ON THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK. THE CONTACT DID HAVE THEIR THREE CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE WITH THEM. THE CHILDREN WERE NOT INJURED. THEY WERE STRAPPED INTO THEIR CAR SEATS. THE PERSON THAT CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. ONE OF THEIR SHOULDERS WAS DISLOCATED. THEY ROAD IN THE AMBULANCE WITH THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PERSON RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION OR NOT. THEIR WAS A POLICE REPORT MADE. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE DEEMED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,850. *BF CONSUMER STATED PASSENGER ROW 2 LEFT DID NOT LOCK ON IMPACT CAR SEAT NOT RESTRAINED PROPERLY BY TRANSIT SEAT BELT. CHILD WAS NOT INJURED BY IMPACT. CRASH ID XXXXXXXX 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation