Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCURY / MOUNTAINEER / 2004

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005034251	Incident Date: Aug, 05 2005
Consumer's City: GLIDDEN	Consumer's State: IA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO	Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MOUNTAINEER	Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes	Component's Description: Seat belts:front
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 4M2ZU86K84U	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 15 2005	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes	Purchase Date: Jul, 29 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes	Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: I flipped in my 2004 mercury mountaineer and hung upside down for an hour till someone came by because my seat belt would not release. the emt's could not even get it to release so they had to cut it off of me. i the thing released i could have crawled out the window and would not have had to have $12,000.00 damage to my car because they would not let me crawl out and had to use the jaws of life to get me and the board out. i was told that this is how they are designed and i feel this is not a good thing. had i landed in water or caught on fire i would have been dead before i was found. *nm