WE LEASED A BRAND NEW FORD SPORT TRACK THAT WE WERE GOING TO PURCHASE. MY NOW HUSBAND DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND GAVE IT TO ME AS A WEDDING GIFT. THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AT 50 MILES AN HOUR REGARDLESS OF THE FOUR WHEEL OVERDRIVE AND WAS TOP HEAVY. I HAVE DRIVEN VANS AND TRUCKS FOR YEARS. THERE WERE NUMEROUS RECALLS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON SEVERAL SMALL ITEMS AND A CONFUSION OVER THE TIRES WHICH COST US UNNECESSARY TIME AND MONEY. ONE NIGHT IN FEBRUARY THEIR WAS A LITTLE ICE ON THE ROAD AND AFTER MAKING A FULL STOP I BARELY HIT THE EXCELLERATOR WHEN THE TRUCK SLID OUT OF CONTOL. I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND TURNED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SLIDE EXPECTING THE VEHICLLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. INSTEAD TO MY SURPRISE IT PICKED UP SPEED AND BEGAN TO FISHTAIL THEN SPIN, BEING TOP HEAVY THE TRUCK FELT ACKWARD. I WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT HIT A POLE INSTEAD OF FLIPPING OVER. I HAD BEEN DRIVING IN THE MIDWEST WINTERS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND HAD NEVER HAD A VEHICLE NOT RESPOND AND LOSE CONTROL IN SUCH A MANNER. I SUFFERED PERMENANT INJURIES TO MY NECK AND LOWER BACK. I LIKE MY FATHER BEFORE ME HAD OWNED OWNED A FORD ALL MY LIFE. WE RETURNED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE REPAIRS AND OUR LEASE HAD EXPIRED AND NEVER LOOKDED BACK. WE WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE WE MEET HEARS OUR STORY AND IF THEY DOUBT, WE SHOW THEM THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AUTOMOBLE AND THE STACK OF MEDICAL BILLS. THE DEALER WAS RUDE AND OF NO ASSISTANCE. *NM