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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005041855 | Incident Date: Oct, 04 2005 |
| Consumer's City: WEST KEANSBURG | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: COUGAR | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Visibility:sun/moon roof assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1ZWFT61L015 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 06 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 27 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The metal sunroof on my 2001 mercury cougar broke free on the passenger side while driving. ford apparently used plastic parts in the assembly which holds the metal sunroof to the car. these parts failed after only 26,500 miles. if the driver side assembly had also broken, the metal roof could have flown off the car and hit another vehicle. a complaint website (www.cougarsunroof.com) contains approximately 800 complaints of 1999-02 cougar metal sunroof's failing in a similar fashion. several of these complaints note that the metal sunroof actually flew off the car on the highway. ford customer representatives have been notified of this potentially hazardous defect, but no recall or service bulletin has been issued. does someone have to be injured or die in an accident caused by these defective metal sunroof's before a recall is issued? *jb |
