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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006062119 | Incident Date: Mar, 05 2006 |
| Consumer's City: CHINO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: RANGER | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Suspension:front:wheel bearing |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTYR14U84P | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 10 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Mar, 05 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On march 06,06. exactly 2 months after taking delivery of a "quality checked preowned " 2004 ford ranger pickup from a local dealership while driving to work at 4:30 am s/b on the i 15 suddenly, without warning the vehicle veered hard left slammed into the center gaurdrail then flipped and rolled causing vehicle to be a classified as a total loss by insurance co. after inspection of vehicle i was drawn to the fact that the front left wheel assembly including brake rotor and hub were detached from vehicle and after further inspection it appears that the wheel bearing retaining assembly is at fault. the spindle is flat on both top and bottom of the threaded tip where the where the axle nut threads should mesh and hold, but the threads of the nut are designed in such a manner as to not be continuous,but instead they are separated to where 2/4 s of the inside area is threaded and the other 2/4 s has no threads and are staggered in such a way as to allow the axle nut if allowed to spin at all even just 1/8 of a turn to pop off with little resistance except for the small looking cotter pin which came out in pieces maybe because the pressed metal castle nut wanna be which is of a loose fitting style could easily have worn the cotter pin with its rather sharp edges seemingly from just normal use and even more so if the wheel was not adjust perfectly or if the wheel seal was not seated perfectly which after some time would cause a more pronounced looseness in the whole assembly thus causing the aforementioned dangerous results. i was shocked when i saw the system used and i cannot for the life of me which i am lucky to still have understand how that design could be considered safe above other designs that are of solid materials with constant threads that would have to spin completely off many complete turns rater tan jus 1/8 to 1/4 of one turn. please would you look into this before other trucks make unannounced turns for the worse. thank you. |
