NHTSA complaint: 2007 FORD FUSION — AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SWERVED INTO ANOTHER LANE. THE BRAKES LOCKED WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPIN UNCONTROLLABLY. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND ACCELERATED UP AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A DIRT MOUND. THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURE THE CONTACT AND CAUSED HER TO FORCEFULLY STRIKE THE WINDSHIELD AREA. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED EYE, NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,096.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation