# 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED — LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
> NHTSA complaint `608971` · 2007-01-09 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** FIVE HUNDRED
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
- **Miles at failure:** 18,600
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD MOCO. TOOK THE WIFES VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, THE TECHNICIAN CALLED AND SAID THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND WE TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME.  I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO WORK THAT EVENING AND WHEN  I GOT OFF WORK MY FREIND AND I THAT  RIDES TO WORK WITH ME NOTICED THAST THE DOOR STILL WASN'T SHUTTING PROPERLY. I SLAMMED THE DOOR 3 OR4 TIMES AND THOUGHT IT HAD LATCHED AS THE DOME LIGHT WENT OUT. I DROPPED MY FREIND OFF AT HIS HOME AND WAS HEADING TO A NEARBY CONVENIENCE STORE WHEN THE DOOR POPPED OPEN. I WAS STARTLED AND WAS TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR, WHILE I WAS DISTRACTED WITH THE DOOR I WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A POWER POLE AND CHAIN LINK FENCE. I REFUSED AN AMBULANCE RIDE TO THE HOSPITAL BUT HAD TO GO LATER WITH NECH PAIN.
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