1999 FORD E-150

1999 FORD E150 RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS *JB

LTR FM DENIS BITTENBENDER (PA) WRITER IS A QUADRIPLEGIC USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT REQUEST NHTSA TEST EQUIPMENT DEFECT, REPLY TO THE ALLENTOWN OFC DOT 2004-4251. *LA THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RAN INTO A TREE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE VEERED AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AN DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTIONS THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PERFORM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKE UNIT FAILED AND THE MANUFACTUR

LTR FM DENIS BITTENBENDER (PA) WRITER IS A QUADRIPLEGIC USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT REQUEST NHTSA TEST EQUIPMENT DEFECT, REPLY TO THE ALLENTOWN OFC DOT 2004-4251. *LA THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RAN INTO A TREE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE VEERED AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AN DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTIONS THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PERFORM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKE UNIT FAILED AND THE MANUFACTUR

LTR FM DENIS BITTENBENDER (PA) WRITER IS A QUADRIPLEGIC USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT REQUEST NHTSA TEST EQUIPMENT DEFECT, REPLY TO THE ALLENTOWN OFC DOT 2004-4251. *LA THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RAN INTO A TREE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE VEERED AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AN DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTIONS THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PERFORM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKE UNIT FAILED AND THE MANUFACTUR

LTR FM DENIS BITTENBENDER (PA) WRITER IS A QUADRIPLEGIC USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT REQUEST NHTSA TEST EQUIPMENT DEFECT, REPLY TO THE ALLENTOWN OFC DOT 2004-4251. *LA THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RAN INTO A TREE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE VEERED AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AN DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTIONS THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PERFORM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKE UNIT FAILED AND THE MANUFACTUR

LTR FM DENIS BITTENBENDER (PA) WRITER IS A QUADRIPLEGIC USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT REQUEST NHTSA TEST EQUIPMENT DEFECT, REPLY TO THE ALLENTOWN OFC DOT 2004-4251. *LA THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RAN INTO A TREE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE VEERED AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AN DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTIONS THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PERFORM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKE UNIT FAILED AND THE MANUFACTUR

VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A TREE. *PH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. NHTSA DID SOME TESTING BUT COULD NOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. A RECALL WAS INITIATED WHICH THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AUGUST 24, 2003, 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REARRANGING HIS SCHEDULE TO COMPLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. FIVE DAYS AFTER THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE UNIT FAI

Mileage: 48,000

VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A TREE. *PH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. NHTSA DID SOME TESTING BUT COULD NOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. A RECALL WAS INITIATED WHICH THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AUGUST 24, 2003, 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REARRANGING HIS SCHEDULE TO COMPLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. FIVE DAYS AFTER THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE UNIT FAI

Mileage: 48,000

VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A TREE. *PH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. NHTSA DID SOME TESTING BUT COULD NOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. A RECALL WAS INITIATED WHICH THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AUGUST 24, 2003, 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REARRANGING HIS SCHEDULE TO COMPLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. FIVE DAYS AFTER THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE UNIT FAI

Mileage: 48,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED GAS. CONSUMER LEANED BACKWARDS AND NOTICED THAT SEAT BACK OVERHEATED, ALMOST UNTOUCHABLE. SMOKE CAME OUT OF SEAT. *AK

Mileage: 67,000

TIE ROD BROKE LOOSE ALMOST MAKE VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. TIE ROD ALSO BROKE TWO YEARS AGO. *LA

Mileage: 52,000

THE RUNNING BOARD ON PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING POINT, AS PASSENGER WAS EXITING THE VAN, CAUSING PASSENGER TO FALL AND HURT HER LEG. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *CJ

BRAKES HAVE FAILED BEFORE BUT WERE CHECKED BY DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG EVEN THOUGH BRAKE LITE HAD COME ON AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE WITH THE DEALERS SERVICE SHOP AS TOOK VEHICLE IN IN THE AM WITH DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT WERE TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH BELT YET A DIFFERENT DEALER WITHIN 2 HOURS SAID THE BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION HAD A PROBLEM AND THE DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM DIFFERENT

BRAKES HAVE FAILED BEFORE BUT WERE CHECKED BY DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG EVEN THOUGH BRAKE LITE HAD COME ON AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE WITH THE DEALERS SERVICE SHOP AS TOOK VEHICLE IN IN THE AM WITH DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT WERE TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH BELT YET A DIFFERENT DEALER WITHIN 2 HOURS SAID THE BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION HAD A PROBLEM AND THE DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM DIFFERENT

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD TRAVELING 35-40 MPH AND GOING EAST, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING WEST AND MAKING A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN, CONSUMER REARENDED OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE REAR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE FIRE BURNED UP THE ENTIRE VAN. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VAN HAS BEEN TOTALLED. FIRE DUE TO FAILED FUSES. *AK *ML

THIS PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE DIRECTED AGAINST FORD BUT THE AHNAFIELD CORP. OF INDIANAPOLIS WHO BUILT THE POWERED GAS/BRAKE CONTROLS AND TO ADVANCED MOBILITY INC. WHO INSTALLED THE CONTROLS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

AFTER IGNITION WAS TURNED ON AND PUT IN GEAR, VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT APPLICATION OF GAS PEDAL, AND HIT A BRICK WALL. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK