This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Mar 25th 2013, my brother was coming back to home, suddenly car spin/scattered hit to tree and electric pole, Mar 2014, I received safety recall # 13S08/NHTSA letter from Ford company steering column shaft problem. We contact to Ford company on March 18,2014 regarding the above issue. They issue us case # [xxx]. in the month of April 2014 we contact them again to check the status of above case, till to date we are waiting for their reply. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
This was a police interceptor vehicle traveling at a speed of between 55 and 60mph. The right front wheel bearing had seized up and burnt the tire down until it blew, causing the vehicle to swerve into the ditch. Luckily the driver is okay and there was nobody on the shoulder of the road.
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- Naperville, IL, USA