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2010 FORD FLEX — SUSPENSION

crash · 1982374 · 2024-04-11

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
FLEX
Year
2010
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
SUSPENSION
Speed
80 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

While traveling at highway speeds 75+ a loud bang and then control of vehicle was hard to keep on road, swerved left then right, left rear quarter panel hit guard rail and caused car to spin around and went sideways and backwards down a 30 ft embankment. Fortunately did not roll. left side tires came off of rims and damage to driver side door was done. Highway Patrol had car towed to holding lot, where I then got car towed to my mechanic. The left side Lateral stabilizer Rod had broken due to rusted part, causing left rear wheel to go out of alignment. The rubber boot on the rod was attached, rust was internal would never had known about a problem. Had both lateral rods replaced tires re-balanced and alignment done.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11582315
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown