10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
5 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #2

Jun 012011

Escape

  • 0 miles
The contact owns a 2001 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while sitting at a traffic stop, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the vehicle. Upon impact, the front driver and passenger seats fractured and fell backward abnormally. The police were contacted and a police report was filed. The driver and a passenger were injured. The passenger sustained a concussion and a brain injury. A rear child passenger sustained injuries to the leg from the seat falling backward. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where they deemed the vehicle as destroyed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Lowell, MA, USA

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problem #1

Jun 202001

Escape

  • miles
Car seats broke on impact - remained in reclined position rendering the car impossible to drive. Head, neck, and back injuries by 2 passengers. One passenger factured C1 vertibra. Seats were so flattened that significant injuries would of been sustained by anyone in the back seats. Still waiting to hear from Ford Motor Company. Complaint filed 6/28/01.

- Livonia, MI, USA

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