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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005022833 | Incident Date: May, 25 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PRESCOTT | Consumer's State: WI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: L SERIES | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FDZS86E7VV | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 02 2005 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 22 1997 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dt: j-craft manuf. company in kimball, mn constructed and installed a dump box and related equipment on consumer's new ford lt8513 truck chassis, purchased in 5-1997 from lakeland trucks (now boyer trucks), 740 south concord st. south, st paul , mn 55075. a half moon shaped area was torched out of the lower section of the frame well approx. under the drivers' seat in order to allow the pto room for installation. in the intervening years, neither consumer nor the mechanics who serviced the vehicle noticed this fact. on may 26, 2005, while the truck was in the shop for service, and yearly dot certification, the mechanic noticed the torched cut out and also saw that a crack extended from the center of the cut out up through the weakened frame well, preventing both the mechanic from certifying consumer's low mileage truck and the consumer from putting the truck to work. as of may 26, 2005, consumer has had work available but the damage caused by j-craft to the consumer's truck prevents him from doing so, a cost to consumer of $500.00 a day. *tt |
