Complaint 561163
1994 FORD EXP • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH • incident Sep 7, 2005
- Complaint ID
- 561163
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- EXP
- Model Year
- 1994
- Component
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
- Incident Date
- Sep 7, 2005
- Date Received
- Nov 3, 2005
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
Owner Narrative
WELL I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH AND ALL OFF A SUDDEN THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND SMASHED IN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ROOF AND RUINED THE HOOD ALONG WITH IT IT PULLED THE BUMPER. NO ONE HAD BEEN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOR WELL OVER 2 WEEKS AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING IT ALL OVER AND AS WELL ON THE INTERSTATE SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO, I WAS TOLD THAT IT FLEW OPEN BECAUSE IT WAS A FAULTLY HOOD LATCH, I WAS TOLD THAT BY COLLISION CONNECTIONS IN SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS. I ALSO HAVE THE PAPERS HE GAVE ME THAT STATED THAT, BUT I CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO RECALLS ON HOOD LATCHES????*JB
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