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1999 FORD MUSTANG — PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

crash · 217998 · 2000-06-22

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
MUSTANG
Year
1999
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

Severity

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

Narrative

CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND PARKING BRAKE SET. CONSUMER'S BROTHER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE PARKING LOT AND INTO THE GRASS. CONSUMER THEN NOTIFIED THE POLICE. UPON ARRIVAL OF THE POLICE, CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND VERIFIED TO THE OFFICER AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT THAT THE PARKING BRAKE HAD BEEN SET. UPON RELEASING THE BRAKE, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THERE WAS NO TENSION IN THE BRAKE. CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT THE E-BRAKE COULD POSSIBLY BE FAULTY AND TO HAVE DEALER CHECK FOR PROBLEMS. UPON RETURN OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER ASKED DEALER IF THEY HAD FOUND ANY PROBLEMS, THE DEALER REPLIED WITH NO PROBLEMS FOUND. THE CONSUMER NOTICED UPON ARRIVAL AT CONSUMER'S HOME, THAT WHEN THE E-BRAKE WAS SET, THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERANCE IN THE TENSION WHEN THE BRAKE WAS SET. NOTE : CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE HAD GIVEN OUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT DID NOT REPORT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE CONSUMER ASSUMED IT WAS DUE TO OPERATOR ERROR. CONSUMER ALSO BELIEVES THAT DEALER FIXED PROBLEM WITHOUT INFORMING CONSUMER TO RID FAULT OF ANY KIND ON PART OF MANUFACTUER.

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
724396
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