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2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS — SUSPENSION:FRONT

crash2 injured · 299824 · 2001-06-27

Vehicle

Make
MERCURY
Model
GRAND MARQUIS
Year
2000
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
SUSPENSION:FRONT
Speed
65 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH STARTED TO CHANGE LANES, AND NOTICED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN SAME LANE, AND SWERVED BACK TO THE RIGHT. AS SOON AS SHE TURNED WHEEL TO RIGHT SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, IT WENT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO LEFT, AND HIT A TRACTOR TRAILER HEAD-ON . AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. CONSUMER STATED IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS ON ICE. PRIOR TO THIS, WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL. INSURANCE WILL SEND AN INVESTIGATOR, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT SHE MADE TO RETURN TO THE OTHER LANE WAS NOT EXTREME, HOWEVER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SPUN TO THE RIGHT CAUSING HER TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF A FLATBED TRACTOR TRAILER. *SLC

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
891410
Machine
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