2001 Ford F-150

STRUCTURE OF 2001 F150. MY LATE HUSBAND SUFFERED MASSIVE HEAD TRAMA WHEN THE F150 HE WAS DRIVING WAS STRUCK HEAD ON WITH AN ISUZU DELIVERY TRUCK. THE TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES AND CONTINUED TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL. IIHS AND DATELINE REPORT THE STRUCTURE OF THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND COULD RESULT IN MASSIVE HEAD TRAMA INJURIES.

FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING A 2001 FORD SVT F-150 PICKUP. *PH WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ENTERED A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN THE DRIVER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SKID UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL IT RAN OFF TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, STRUCK A STREET SIGN BEFORE STRIKING A DRIVEWAY CULVERT AND VAULTING INTO THE AIR. AFTER THE FIRST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER EJECTING BOTH OCCUPANTS. NEITHER OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING A SEAT BELT. SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. (NAR)

THE CONSUMERS SON WAS TRAVELING WITH HIS FRIEND IN HIS NEW FORD SVT 150 LIGHTING TRUCK. WHEN THE CONSUMERS SON WAS ASLEEP AND HIS FRIEND WAS DRIVING HE WAS TRAVELING IN AN EXCESS SPEED OF 120 MPH, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. THE FRONT HAD GONE HEAD ON INTO THE EMBANKMENT WHEN THE AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE INCLUDING THE SIDE AIRBAGS. THE CONSUMERS SON WAS THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND KILLED. *PH *SCC *JB

THE POLICE SAID MY DAD'S TRUCK WAS GOING AROUND 65 MPH. THE TRUCK STRUCK A GUARD RAIL ON BOTH SIDES IN THE FRONT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WITH EITHER IMPACT. THEY SAID HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT BUT THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL ON HIM. HE WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AND HE WAS PINNED UNDER THE TRUCK. THREE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT ALSO. NLM

DEFECTIVE FORD F150 SUPER CREW CAB (VIN [XXX]). CONSUMER REQUEST INVESTIGATION INVOLVING NHTSA RECALL NO 99V-124, FORD RECALL 99S15. THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A CHILD (DOC TYPE GEN). *NM THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE RECALLED CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *NM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NAR 1/29/2003. THE CONSUMER STEERED ABRUPTLY TOWARD THE LEFT LANE, STRUCK THE GUARD RAIL WITH THE LEFT FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND CONSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. AACORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT THE CAP TO THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS MISSING AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE BRAKE LINES AND FLUID WAS FOUND LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS DISENGAGED FROM THE VEHICLE.

FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THEN, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG ALSO DEPLOYED AND RIPPED/TORE. WHEN AIR BAG TORE, ELEMENTS IN AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND CONSUMER WAS THROWN INTO STEERING COLUMN. DRIVER SUFFERED ABDOMINAL/ RIB CAGE , AND ARM INJURIES WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP HIMSELF FROM GOING INTO STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 48 MPH, WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO AN 18-WHEELER. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR BRAKES APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON THE LEFT ARM, NECK AND BACK PAIN, AND A BRUISE ON THE CHEST. THE CONTACT DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT LATER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 250,000.

ON 9/4/2018 I BOUGHT 4 BRAND NEW DESTINATION LE2 P-METRIC OWL P265/75R16 TIRES WITH A 60000 WARRANTY FROM FIRESTONE IN HESPERIA CA. MY DAUGHTER JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND I WANTED HER TO BE SAFE WITH NEW TIRES.ON NOVEMBER 14, 2018 ON HER WAY TO WORK AT 5:00 A.M SHE HAD A TERRIBLE ROLL OVER. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN ICU. SHE JUST HAD A CRANIOPLASTY 15 DAYS AGO. SHE HAS A SEVERE TBI. SHE HASN'T WALKED SINCE THE DAY OF ROLLOVER. SHE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT. STILL ON TRACHEOSTOMY. SHE WILL BE DISABLED ALL IF HER LIFE. SHE IS 22 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS DRIVING APPROX. 55 MPH. SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL WHEN ALL THREE WITNESSES SAW HER COMING AT THEM. THIS HAPPENED ON SUMMIT VALLEY RD IN HESPERIA CA. IT IS ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION. SHE WAS APPROACHING TH TOP OF A HILL. WHEN SHE GOT OVER THE HILL SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND SHE WAS EJECTED. SHE WAS FOUND UNDER THE TRUCK. THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THEM. PLEASE DON'T BUY THESE TIRES. I AM STILL NOT SURE IF SHE WILL SURVIVE THIS. I AM SO HEARTBROKEN I CAN BARELY MOVE.

IN 2006 I WAS IN A REAR END COLLISION WHERE I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND FORCED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND WE WERE FORCED INTO A THIRD VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. IT RESULTED IN SEVERAL PEOPLE BEING SENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO VEHICLES AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! I HAD A BROKEN RIB FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND SEVERE WHIPLASH RESULTING IN A SURGERY THAT LEFT ME IN SERIOUS LIFE LONG PAIN. THE SURGERY CONSISTED OF 12 PINS, 10 SCREWS, 4CADAVOR DISKS AND FUSION OF 5 LEVELS OF MY NECK. MY DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND I BELIEVE IF IT HAD WORKED PROPERLY I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE VEHICLE HIT ME FROM BEHIND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS I WAS AT A STOP IN A ON THE HIGHWAY. THE IMPACT FORCED ME INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ESTIMATED SPEED OF THE VEHICLE THAT HIT ME FROM BEHIND WAS BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH.

DRIVER STARTED TRUCK ,PUT IT IN REVERSE AND EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. WITNESSES OBSERVED REAR TIRES SPINNING, HEARD ENGINE REVVING UP AND DOWN AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON. TRUCK STRUCK A STONE WALL, BOUNCED OFF AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL IT HIT ANOTHER PARKED CAR, DESTROYING BOTH VEHICLES. DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE CITY HALL IN MIDDLESBORO, KENTUCKY. REPORT TAKEN BY THE MIDDLESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS RAINING, THE HIGHWAY WAS WET, AND I WAS DRIVING AT OR BELOW THE RATED SPEED LIMIT. WHAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF WAS THE FLOODING ON THE HIGHWAY. MY TRUCK HIT THE 2-FEET WATER, CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL, HIT THE GUARD RAIL WITH THE TRUCK FLIPPING ON ITS ROOF. MINOR INJURIES AND THE TRUCK COULD NOT BE DRIVEN; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE WERE ON SITE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND IS A TOTAL LOSS, AS PER THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED DUE TO THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED USED, I HAVE HAD IT FOR 10+ YEARS, FULLY MAINTAINED, AND IT HAS 137,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

I HAD MY TRUCK IN PARK I PROCEEDED TO GET INTO THE TRUCK WITH MY RIGHT LEG ON THE RUNNING BOARD LEFT LEG ON THE GROUND, I GRABBED THE STEERING WHEEL TO PULL MYSELF INSIDE OF THE TRUCK AND IT POPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND PROCEEDED TO DRAG ME DOWN THE HILL IN REVERSE FOR ROUGHLY 45 FEET. I TRIED TO GET AWAY FROM IT AND COULD NOT, AND IT RAN OVER MY TWO LEGS IN THE THIGH AREAS. AFTER I WAS TAKEN TO THE ER. *TR

THE GAS PEDDLE STUCK ON THE FOR F150, I SEE COMPLAINT AND A RECALL ABOUT THE ESCAPE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FORDS? ON THE INTRANET ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE FORD TRUCKS. WE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND OUT TRUCK WAS DESTROYED DUE TO THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PILE OF ROCKS AND BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACTS SON CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO BE DELIVERED IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE BUMPER, HOOD AND THE RADIATOR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,617. UPDATED 06/17/10. *LJ UPDATED 07/16/10.*JB

2001 FORD F-150 FLEETSIDE INVOLVED IN A NEAR HEAD ON COLLISION. AIRBAGS FAILD TO DEPLOY.

AFTER SUSTAINING A FRONT END COLLISION, WHERE I SQUARELY IMPACTED THE REAR END OF SLOWLY MOVING LARGE 4 DOOR CAR, NEITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THIS IMPACT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, FORCING THE FRONT GRILL BACK AND THE BUMPER DOWN ENOUGH TO IMPEDE THE STEERING OF THE FORD F-150. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S LANE. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. *AK

A PERSON PULLED OUT ON ME FROM MY RIGHT. I HIT THEIR FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. MORE THAN A FOOT OF MY FRAME WAS STICKING OUT FROM THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. HOOD FOLDED. DRIVERS DOOR JAMMED SHUT, DASH PUSHED TOWARDS ME.MY AIRBAGS NEVER CAME OUT. MY TRUCK WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. THE STATE TROOPERRS, COUNTY CONSTABLE,EMS PERSONEL AND WRECKER DRIVERS ALL TOLD ME I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE NOT BEEN MORE SEVERELY INJURED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THAY SAID WITH THE LOCATION OF IMPACT, SPEED (55) AND TYPE OF IMPACT THEY DEFINATELY SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF. I HIT MY RIGHT SHOULDER AND BREAST ON THE STEERING WHEEL. IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS AND I STILL CANNOT RISE MY RIGHT ARM. I HAVE MUTIPLE CONTUSIONS ON MY RIGHT BREAST WHICH RESUTED IN A LARGE BLOOD CLOT FORMING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SUGICALLY REMOVED. THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY NECK HURTS VERY BAD AND SHOOTS PAIN UP BEHIND MY EAR. I STAY WITH A HEADACHE. I AM UNDER A PHYSICIANS CARE AT THIS TIME AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. *AK