Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / BRONCO / 1995

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003220519 Incident Date: Jun, 23 2003
Consumer's City: MESA Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: BRONCO Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMEU15H9SL Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 24 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 29 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have an electric reclining seat (driver side) in my 1995 ford bronco. suddenly and without warning the back of the seat collapsed backward. i narrowly escaped colliding with another car and the freeway wall. i was able to bring the vehicle to a safe stop. i took the bronco to ford. they said the frame twisted and broke. i am not huge! about 240 lbs. they charged me $350.00 to fix it. i didn't think about it at the time, but in 1997 i was rear ended and the same thing happened to the seat at that time. it completely collapsed rendering the air-bag and seat belt ineffective. a new seat was put in at that time. so this seat is only about 6 years old. this sounds to me like a poor design and a safety hazard. *nlm