Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / RANGER EV / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005013712 Incident Date: Feb, 10 2005
Consumer's City: BOLINGBROOK Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: RANGER EV Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTZR15E31T Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Feb, 14 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On february 11, 2005 my father was driving his 2001 ford ranger when he suffered a heart attack. as a result of the heart attack my dad hit a tree head on with the ford ranger. the truck suffered catastrophic frontal damage which ultimately was considered a total loss by my dad's insurance company. despite the extent of the damage, the airbags did not deploy. my dad never revived and was pronounced dead approximately one hour later at the local hospital. *jb