Complaint 1947116
1997 FORD E-350 • STRUCTURE:BODY • incident Nov 1, 2023
- Complaint ID
- 1947116
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- E-350
- Model Year
- 1997
- Component
- STRUCTURE:BODY
- Incident Date
- Nov 1, 2023
- Date Received
- Dec 1, 2023
- Data As Of
- Jul 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
STRUCTURE:BODY
Owner Narrative
The rear passenger compartment outside and inside door handles broke such that rear seating passengers cannot exit the vehicle and are trapped inside. In case of an accident, the emergency responders will have to resort to drastic time consuming measures such as ripping the doors off to save the trapped passengers. Apparently all years of Ford Econoline vans have this dangerous problem because there are numerous fix it videos all over the internet showing how to replace the cheap handle-latch failure prone plastic parts with non-breakable METAL parts.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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