| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005023037 | Incident Date: Apr, 30 2005 |
| Consumer's City: BALTIMORE | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: FREESTYLE | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:temporary/emergency spare tire |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMDK06135G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 05 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 10 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My newly purchased ford freestyle developed a flat, pulled to side of road and replaced with spare donut supplied by ford. upon installation and start of driving with spare donut, within 1/4 mile the speedometer went to zero9no registration) , the rpm gauge worked, the antilock ,trac control lights came on. driving was allowable without no speedometer, confidence of safe driving with spare tire. i believe ford purposely provided irregular tire to cut costs. they should have had full size replacement to balance and regulate computer for new vehicle |
