NHTSA complaint: 2005 FORD EXPEDITION — AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING ON A WET ROAD AT 45 MPH, THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE. THE CONTACT WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRACADE. A VEHICLE THAT WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY CRASHED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE AMBULANCE AND POLICE ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED THE CONTACT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, THE CONTACT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AT SPEAKING WITH THEM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation