2018 Ford F-150

TL* THE CONTACT STATED HER SON WAS DRIVING A 2018 FORD F-150 THAT HE BORROWED FROM A FRIEND. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT STATED AS A RESULT BOTH VEHICLE HIT COLLIDED WITH A TREE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HER SON WAS DRIVING CAUGHT FIRE AS THE FUEL TANK COLLIDED WITH THE TREE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED HER SON LOST HIS LIFE. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDING ALL INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TOW LOT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

The contact's husband owned a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at 62 MPH, he hit the back of the semi-truck on the front driver which sent the vehicle to tailspin and caused her husband to hit the semi-truck for a second time. The second collision sent the vehicle into another tailspin before coming to a complete halt. A police report was filed. According to the police department investigation, the airbag inflator had deployed which struck her husband's forehead. The investigation also determined that her husband's injuries were not consistent with proper airbag deployment. The report also noticed that both the air bag and air bag inflator were found on the floor near the rear passenger side seat. In addition, the report showed bruising constant with the lower lap belt locking but the driver did not have any bruising/burns from the upper seatbelt. The contact was pronounced dead on the scene and was taken to a moratorium. The vehicle was taken to an independent tow yard and deemed a total loss by insurance. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,667.

This vehicle was involved in an offset rear-end collision with a semi-trailer, with the driver's side making the primary impact. The crash resulted in the death of the driver and only occupant. Both the driver's airbag and left passenger curtain airbags deployed. During the police investigation of the crash, it was determined that the steering wheel-mounted airbag assembly completely dislodged from the steering wheel, with the airbag and its assembly being located in the rear floorboard post-impact. The driver sustained a head injury possibly consistent with the airbag assembly striking their forehead area. Two out of three of the plastic retaining tabs were found to have sheered off, likely leading to the airbag assembly being ejected from the steering wheel. Police investigators documented this incident with photographs and have taken the airbag assembly as evidence.

WE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE WERE T-BONES BY A BUS. IT WRECKED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO GET MY PURSE OUT I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. OUR F150 IS NOW BURNT TO A CRISP. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT TRUCK TO HAVE CAUGHT FIRE LIKE THAT.

AFTER I WAS REAR ENDED MY 2018 F150 STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT FIRE AT THE BASE OF THE POST BESIDE THE DRIVER SEAT WHERE THE CARPET AND PLASTIC SIDE COVER COME TOGETHER. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF THE CRASH. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON A 65 MPH 4 LANE, SLOWING DUE TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED BY A 2007 CHEVY PICKUP TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 60 MPH. HITTING MY TRUCK HARD ENOUGH TO LIFT THE FRONT END AND LAND ON THE 4 FOOT HIGHWAY BARRIER IN THE FRONT, MY TRUCK CONTINUED AND THEN STUCK THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME WITH MY PASSENGER DOOR CAUSING THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO ALSO LAND ON THE CONCRETE BARRIER. I WAS HELPED FROM THE TRUCK THRU THE RIGHT SIDE BACK DOOR BY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK MY VEHICLE IMPACTED. OFFICER WAS ON SITE IN ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND WANTED TO MOVE MY TRUCK FIRST, HE ASKED IF I HAD ANYTHING I NEEDED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. TROOPER AND I WENT TO GET MY BELONGINGS WHEN WE NOTICED THE SMOKE IN THE CAB. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANYTHING FROM THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE FIRE STARTED AND SPREAD QUICKLY. FIRE WAS ONLY ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

JUNE 21, 2018 WE WERE DRIVING DOWN HWY 1 BYPASS IN FORREST CITY, AR AND WERE HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, PASSENGER DOOR AND GAS TANK AREA. THE TRUCK TOOK THE IMPACT WELL AND WE SPUN 180 DEGREES TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE SIDE AND CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT WERE UNHARMED, INCLUDING THE ONE WHOSE DOOR TOOK MOST OF THE IMPACT. MY HIP WAS INJURED FROM THE AIR BAG THAT DEPLOYED FROM THE BACK OF MY SEAT. AS I WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT CALLING 911, THE SEAT BEGAN SMOKING. I TRIED TO EXIT OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND IT WAS JAMMED. SMOKE CONTINUED TO GET THICKER AND SMELLED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL/PLASTIC BURNING SMELL. I THEN HAD TO CRAWL OVER THE CENTER CONSOLE AND EXIT THROUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. AT THAT POINT, THICK BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM MY SEAT AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAB BEGAN TO BURN. THE ACTUAL IMPACT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT HAVE TOTALED IT OUT, BUT THE FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE BEING PUT OUT, DID. I HAVE ALSO FILED A CASE WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AS I BELIEVE THIS WAS A MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, MY ENTIRE FAMILY WOULD HAVE DIED FROM THIS FIRE, NOT THE IMPACT OF THE ACCIDENT. FROM OBSERVATIONS FROM THE POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, WRECKER SERVICE, AND MY HUSBAND WHO IS A MECHANIC, THEY BELIEVE THAT THE FIRE WAS IGNITED WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I DID HAVE HEATED SEATS, AND THE VEHICLE WAS CLEARLY ON WHEN I WAS HIT AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED YOUR ORGANIZATION (11129828) BUT NEED TO ADD SOME NEW INFORMATION I HAVE DISCOVERED. THIS TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE SWIPE ACCIDENT ON 9-16-2018. ALL AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AFTER THE WRECK THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. AT THAT TIME THE FIREMAN STATED THEY FELT THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAD STARTED THE FIRE. UPON LOOKING AT THE TRUCK YESTERDAY, I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS REALLY THE SEAT BACK OF THE DRIVERS SEAT THAT BURNED THE MOST. AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, THE TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING AND WAS STILL SITTING IN THE SPOT IT CAME TO REST IN AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

THE TRUCK WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN ALL AREAS OF THE TRUCK. ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT AND STATED IT WAS CAUSED BY THE AIRBAG CATCHING ON FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING WHERE IT STOPPED AFTER THE WRECK. THE WRECK OCCURRED WHEN THE OTHER DRIVER SWERVED INTO ITS PATH ON A CITY STREET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO FISHTAIL. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WAS A STUMP IN THE EMBANKMENT THAT PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, A FIRE ERUPTED FROM THE AREA OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE FLAMES CONSUMED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER (HERITAGE FORD, 1600 SHELBURNE RD, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403, 802-865-8140) WAS CONTACTED MORE THAN TWICE AND ASKED THAT THE MANUFACTURER BE CONTACTED. THE VERMONT STATE POLICE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THEIR YARD FOR INVESTIGATION. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V568000 (STRUCTURE, SEAT BELTS), ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT 8/16/18. WAS STRUCK GOING NORTHBOUND BY A VEHICLE THAT RAN A RED LIGHT GOING EAST BOUND. IMPACT STRUCK DRIVER SIDE FRONT CORNER AS WELL AS REAR DRIVER SIDE BEDSIDE. SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND SEAT AIRBAGS. AFTER COLLISION GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND IN 3 MINS THE SEAT BELT TENSIONER IGNITED AND STARTED A FIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. PUT OUT FIRE AND THE CAB HARNESS. B PILLAR MOLDING, SEAT BELT, FLOOR CARPET AND MOLDING WERE ALL MELTED AND DESTROYED. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE MOMENT AND HOPE THIS LIFE THREATENING ISSUE IS ADDRESSED BY FORD. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PICTURES FOR DAMAGES. THANK YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2018 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS IDLING, IT WAS REAR ENDED AND PUSHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOY. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE DRIVER WHO STRUCK THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, THEY NOTICED WHITE SMOKE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID. **TR *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. UPON INSPECTION, THE POLICE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS ON FIRE. IT WAS NOT DISCLOSED HOW THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION SHOP; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DEER AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE CONTACT'S WIFE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO NEVADA AUTO MALL (2501 E AUSTIN BLVD, NEVADA, MO 64772, (417) 667-3385) WHERE THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 11,000. **TR UPDATED 10/31/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2018 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, ANOTHER VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE IMPACT TURNED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE 90 DEGREES. ONLY THE SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WITHIN MINUTES, THE OTHER DRIVER NOTICED FLAMES INSIDE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS AT THE REAR BASE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE WIND CAUSED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO BECOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS WERE FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED VELDE FORD AT 888-221-2804 (LOCATED AT 2200 N 8TH ST, PEKIN, IL 61554) AND REPORTED THE FAILURE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 11,000.

ON MAY 27, 2018, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 19TH AVE SE AND 121ST ST SE IN EVERETT, WA WHEN I WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THERE WAS A COLLISION DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE RIGHT BEDSIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE DUE TO VEHICLE IMPACT. IN ADDITION, ALL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. FARMERS INSURANCE HIRED A 3RD PARTY INVESTIGATION COMPANY AND CONCLUDED THAT THE DAMAGES ARE MAINLY DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS WITH AIRBAG AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I'M ATTACHING FARMER'S DENIAL REPORT INCLUDING FORENSIC REPORT.

DRIVING HOME A DEER RAN INTO DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PULLED OVER AND VEHICLE CALLED 911. AFTER INSPECTING VEHICLE AND WITNESSES FROM ACROSS THE ROAD MADE SURE WE WERE SAFE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN. THIS TOOK ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER WENT TO REMOVE A PURSE FROM THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND NOTICED A FIRE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POST BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR DOOR AND WHERE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT IS LOCATED. IMMEDIATE EVACUATION WAS NEEDED AND A SECOND 911 CALL WAS PLACED. THE TRUCK WENT UP IN COMPLETE FLAMES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND IS A COMPLETE LOSS.

DURING A HEAD ON COLLISION THE AIRBAGS ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY THOUGH DID NOT, INSTEAD THE DRIVERS PILLAR AIRBAG SYSTEM CAUGHT FIRE, MELTING THROUGH THE SEATBELT SENDING FLAMES UP THE SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, WHICH PREVENTED THE FUEL DISCONNECT SYSTEM FROM ENGAGING AS WELL IT DID NOT DIAL 911 FROM THE CONNECTED PHONE AS IT SHOULD HAVE AFTER THE CRASH.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 25 MPH, he was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. The contact stated the front end of his vehicle impacted the front driver-side wheel of the other vehicle. The contact stated that not a single air bag deployed during the impact, and no brake collision warning was activated. No warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel prior to the crash. The contact stated he received a pre-collision notification on his phone approximately 30 seconds after the accident occurred, but he was unable to avoid the collision. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The contact was the only occupant in the vehicle. The contact sustained neck pain, a herniated disc, and a bulging disk in the lower back. The contact was taking no pills and undergoing physical therapy. A police report was filed. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 167,000.

I was rear ended by a driver going approximately 35-45mph while I was coming to a near stop at a stop light, driver struck me totalling my vehicle and gaming me up to the right and down into the ditch alongside the road, my airbags never deployed but at fault party aurbags did. At some point during the accident most likely during the initial impact the driver side seat of my f150 broke resulting in my seat laying flat and me laying on top of it. The seat was a powered movement seat, the seat appears to have broke the back rest movement or retaining device. The seat failing to keep me in the correct upright position may have attributed to a severe back injury. Vehicle was taken to insurance salvage yard by state farm, was also investigated by state farm insurance adjuster but any additional info was not provided to me beyond the vehicle is a total loss At the time of the accident no warning lights were present however a emissions light was intermittent for 02 sensor, after the accident several lights were present for airbag/accident and rear parking aid sensors

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at 45 MPH, he attempted to avoid a slowdown on the highway. While attempting to avoid the slowdown, the contact's husband crashed into a parked vehicle on the highway. The air bags did not deploy upon collision. Due to the failure, the contact's husband injured his sternum and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The contact was treated for a broken sternum. A police report was filed. Due to the failure, the vehicle was initially towed to an independent mechanic before the contact had the vehicle towed to a local Ford dealer where it remained in their possession. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that the vehicle was out of warranty. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 137,447.