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SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.
Remedy: SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABERSPORT AT 1-909-598-7589.
CERTAIN TRADESONIC COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. COMBINATION LAMPS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Remedy: TRADESONIC WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE LAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JULY 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TRADESONIC AT 626-934-8884.
CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Remedy: PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.
CERTAIN ANZO COMBINATION HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS WHICH FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."
Remedy: ANZO WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE HEADLAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 9, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ANZO USA AT 909-468-3688.
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MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTY ROAD AT AROUND 9:00 PM IN OUR 2004 EDDIE BAUER EDITION EXPEDITION ,FROM DPS IT WAS TOLD HE COULD HAVE BEEN GOING AT A RATE OF UP TO 100 MPH WHEN HE REACHED A CURVE HE MISSED IT AND TRIED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH FLIPPED MULTIPLE TIMES ,THE ONLY AIRBAGS THAT DEPLOYED WERE THE SIDE AIRBAGS EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS VERY SERIOUS FRONT END DAMAGE THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ,WHICH COULD HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND TURNING TO AVOID A CRASH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE MEDIAN, CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE PILLAR, SLID SIDEWAYS DOWN THE PILLAR, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT ARM AS WELL AS TEETH AND FACIAL INJURIES. ONE REAR SEAT PASSENGER RECEIVED TEETH AND FACIAL INJURIES. ANOTHER REAR SEAT PASSENGER RECEIVED RIB INJURIES. THE DRIVER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY. ALL PASSENGERS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, TOWED, AND SALVAGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.
WE WERE DRIVING WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES (P265/70R17113S) ON AN ARIZONA HIGHWAY WHEN OUR REAR RIGHT TIRE SEPARATED. OUR VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE LEFT AND WENT UP A GUARDRAIL WITH A 30' DROP BELOW. OUR VEHICLE (FORD EXPEDITION) FLIPPED 360 DEGREES, LANDING ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS WELL MAINTAINED. THE TIRES HAD SUFFICIENT TREAD. THE AUTHORITIES ON SITE TOOK PICTURES OF THE TREAD SEPARATION AND RECOMMENDED REPORTING THIS AS THE TIRE APPEARED TO BE DEFECTIVE. *TR
HEAD ON COLLISION WITH FORD F-250 AND NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS ON OUR FORD EXPEDITION. MY HUSBAND AND SON ARE VERY LUCKY I WILL NEVER OWN A FORD EVER AGAIN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES AND CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A HAND INJURY THAT RESULTED IN A FINGER BEING AMPUTATED. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER ON THE SECOND ROW SUSTAINED A FOREHEAD LACERATION, AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER ON THE THIRD ROW SUSTAINED A FRACTURED SHOULDER, HIP, AND THREE FRACTURED RIBS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND A CAR NEXT TO ME SWERVE SIDEWAYS INTO MY LANE RIGHT INTO MY PATH HAD NOWHERE TO GO. MY CAR LEFT FRONT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND CENTER STRUCK THE OTHER VEHICLES RIGHT SIDE. MY PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF BUT MY DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT. THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN MY FRONT SEAT.
1. WE WERE DRIVING TO GO ON VACATION ON I-95 IN GEORGIA WHEN THE CAR BECAME OUT OF CONTROL WE SPUN AND HIT A GUARD RAIL BEFORE WE CAME TO A STOP. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. THERE WAS OVER 6500.00 IN DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE PAID FOR 3 TIRES BUT NOT THE ONE THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *TR
INVOLVED IN AUTO ACCIDENT HIT MOTORIST THAT RAN A STOP SIGN THEN A UTILITY POLE TRAVELING APROX 35 MPH TOTALED OUT EXPEDITION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH UNDER DRY CONDITIONS, A VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IS IN STORAGE FOR INSURANCE OBSERVATION. THE CONTACT HAS A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 27,000. UPDATED 02/01/08.*LJ UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR
MY FIANCEE WAS IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE SHE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHE WAS DISTRACTED BY AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER AND DIDN'T REALIZE THE CARS IN FRONT OF HER WERE STOPPED. SHE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH UPON IMPACT. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVERS' AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE AND DID NOT. THE VEHICLE IS IN POSSESSION OF MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY ARE ALLOWING INSPECTION OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TEST IT FOR ME AND PROVIDE A REPORT, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. FORD IS DENYING THAT IT IS FAULTY SAFETY EQUIPMENT. *TR
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN STREET WHEN A CAR COMES OUT FROM A RESIDENTIAL STREET INFRONT OF ME, I HAD NO BRAKING DISTANCE TIME BUT STILL HIT MY BRAKES AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT TRYING TO MAKE IT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL STREET THE CAR CAME OUT OF TO MISS HITTING THE CAR, BUT INSTEAD HIT THE CORNER WALL AT 45MPH. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT MINE DID NOT RESULTING IN HEAD INJURY. MY HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD SO HARD I KEPT BLACKING OUT, LUCKILY MY 1YR OLD PASSENGER (MY SON) ONLY HAD RED MARKS ON HIS NECK FROM THE CAR SEAT STRAPS. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON JUNE 23, 2010, A VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CRASHED INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CONTACTS FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER; HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND BACK. A PASSENGER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS ALSO INJURED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUCTION LOT. THE MEMPHIS POLICE REPORT NUMBER WAS 10457802. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO FILED REPORT 0503361760. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 220,000.
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55 MPH ON I85 IN CHARLOTTE DURING A THUNDERSTORM, WE WERE IN THE CENTER LANE AND AN 18 WHEELER WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE LIFTED UP AND WE WENT LEFT -HEAD ON WITH THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. THEN BOUNCED OFF THE WALL AND CAME BACK ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT THE 18 WHEELER HEAD ON. BOUNCED OFF THE TRUCK HEADING STRAIGHT AHEAD IN THE CENTER LANE WHERE WE STARTED AND COASTED OFF THE ROAD. NOT ONE OF OUR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED! 55MPH -2 HEAD ON COLLISIONS - AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO COME OUT! WE HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK COME AND PICK UP OUR 2004 FORD EXPEDITION (1 OWNER) AND THEY TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER TO COME AND INVESTIGAGE. WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH OUR FAMILY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED IMMEDIATELY BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. *NM
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BROKE OFF AT THE BASE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *NM. ENCLOSED PICTURES OF BROKEN SEAT. *AK
THERE IS NOTICE OF THESE TIRES THEY JUST BLOW OUT, CAUSING YOUR BACK INJURY. *TR
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