Complaint 441888
2001 FORD SUPERCREW • SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY • incident Nov 20, 2003
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 441888
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- SUPERCREW
- Model Year
- 2001
- Component
- SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
- Incident Date
- Nov 20, 2003
- Date Received
- Nov 20, 2003
- Data As Of
- Aug 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
Owner Narrative
THE REAR SEAT HAS NO PASSENGER HEAD REST WHICH, IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION FROM THE FRONT OR THE REAR WILL ALLOW THE UNRESTRAINED HEADS OF PASSENGERS TO STRIKE THE REAR WINDOW WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN INJURY THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PREVENTED IF HEADRESTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. FORD RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT IS AFTER A NUMBER OF EARLY RELEASE MODELS WERE ALREADY IN THE MARKETPLACE. I RECOMMEND THAT A RECALL BE PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE THE SEATS RETROFITTED WITH HEADRESTS. *LA
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.