NHTSA complaint: 2000 FORD F-150 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING TO WORK ON INTERSTATE. HIT "BLACK ICE" WAS ON RT FAR SIDE, WAS THROWN INTO 2' CONCRETE WALL BARRIER ON FAR LFT SIDE OF INTERSTATE @ 50MPR HEAD-ON. SRS DIDN'T DEPLOY. RCEIVED INJURIES: LEFT SHOULDER/ARM (SEATBELT & THROWN INTO DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR), NECK, UP'R BACK, RT KNEE, LFT LOWER SHIN (LASCARATION, SCRAPES & BRUISES FROM HITTING EMERGENCY BRAKE.) TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. FIRE DEPT NOTED/CONCERNED THAT SRS DIDN'T DEPLOY. "BRAND NEW TRUCK, AIRBAGS DIDN'T WORK..WHY?" PAID $30,000 FOR TRUCK W/SRS & DEFECTIVE. DEFECTIVE SENSOR, NO AIRBAGS INSTALLED, OR AIRBAG MANUFACTURER DEFECT. CONTACTED HILL FORD, WAS TOLD, "SOMETIMES AIRBAGS WORK, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T." I SAID, "SOMETIMES YOU DIE, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T?" NOT ACCEPTING THAT ANSWER FOR A SAFETLY FEATURE. WOULD OF WALKED AWAY FROM HEAD-ON CRASH W/LITTLE TO NO INJURIES. SRS WOULD OF STABALIZED ME & I WOULDN'T OF BEEN THROWN AROUND OR HIT DASH BOARD. WHY DIDN'T SRS OPERATE AT ALL? AMERICAN FAMILY INS BREAKING DOWN TRUCK FOR TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATATION. OVER A WK SINCE ACCIDENT..NO ANSWERS, NO TRUCK. FRAME BENT & CAP TWISTED IN ACCIDENT....BUT DO HAVE INJURIES & DEFECTIVE SRS. WHY? *AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation