Consumer Complaint Detail
AAI MOTORSPORTS / COMBINATION LAMPS / 9999
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007118598 | Incident Date: Sep, 06 2007 |
| Consumer's City: ANCHORAGE | Consumer's State: AK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: AAI MOTORSPORTS USA, LLC |
| Model Name: COMBINATION LAMPS | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Equipment:electrical |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP55222G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 06 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Ford heater automobile: ford taurus, 2002, mileage: 54,700 subject: design defect, heater motor installation background: air intake for the heater and air conditioning system is located between the hood and the front windshield. rain flows into this area and passes into the heater ducting. some of this water flows into the plastic housing for the blower motor causing early failure. potential hazard: early failure of the motor may result in the inability of the vehicle heating system to remove condensation from the interior of the windshield. in addition, the failure of the heating system during cold weather would not melt snow and ice that may accumulate on the windshield. problem: the blower motor is located under the right hand dashboard housed in a molded plastic assembly. this location is one of the lowest points in the heating system therefore water accumulates in the motor housing plastic assembly submerging the rear one-third of the motor in water. this results in early failure of the motor due to water contamination, as there is not a provision to drain water from the plastic housing. comments: this is a known engineering defect as ford sealed the housing with a rubberized compound to prevent water from the heating system flowing onto the floor. corrective action: mandate ford motor company to recall the 2002 ford taurus and other years and models with a similar system to install a drain in the heater motor plastic housing in order to drain the water from the assembly. i have retained the failed blower motor and plastic assembly for your review, if required, in order to observe the results of this defective design. note: i could not delete an error in equipment on the next window as this heater motor was installed as original equipment on the ford. please disregard the equipment window. *jb updated 01/07/08. *lj |