1997 FORD EXPEDITION — STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1997 FORD EXPEDITION — STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT
Start: 1997-04-26

1 injured · 75745 · 1997-05-12

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: EXPEDITION
Year: 1997
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

VEHICLE WAS PARKED; WENT TO REAR; OPENED HATCH AND AIR SPRINGS/CYLINDERS HOLDING HATCH RELEASED & FELL ON DRIVER'S HEAD; TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED CYLINDERS WERE DEFECTIVE AFTER 5 MONTHS. DEALER IS REPLACING/REPAIRING CYLINDERS. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 812195
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown