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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000078459 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: SAN ANTONIO | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: FORD | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:brake lights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 17 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Since the early 1960's , i have been very aware of many ford products that the brake/syop lights fail to activate when the vehicle s brakes are applied to stop or slow the vehicle. i have driven for a living since the early 60's and the problem still exists today on many ford products the same as it always has. i have personally stopped and told many of those drivers in an attempt to prevent them from being rear-ended due to the vehicle behind them not being alerted to the fact that they are slowing/stopping. at one time i was told that the problem was the brake light switch locatet under the dash that was supposed to activate the brake lights when the brake pedal was pushed. i do not know if any corrections were ever made to that problem but as recently as this week i have been following a ford that did not have working brake lights when it stopped in front of me. i am retired from the bell system and as a requrement to operate a company motor vehicle we were given training annually called smith system defensive driver training and along with all the excellent skills we were taught we were also told to not follow a ford whenever possible for the obvious reasons just stated. if i can be of any additional assistance, please feel free to contact me. thanks for doing what you do for our safety. ron wogulis |
