News tagged with 'Ford Explorer'

The Ford Motor Company was handed a defeat before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday when it denied a last-ditch effort by Ford to overturn a $82.6 million judgment in a Ford Explorer rollover accident. Jurors had decided Ford showed a "conscious disregard" for consumer safety by failing to enforce the roof for about $20 a vehicle.

In another devastating turn of events for Ford and Firestone, a federal judge last week granted class-action status to product liability lawsuits stemming from the Firestone tire recall. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker's ruling allows anyone who owned or leased a 1991-2001 Ford Explorer on or before August 9, 2

In another devastating turn of events for Ford and Firestone, a federal judge last week granted class-action status to product liability lawsuits stemming from the Firestone tire recall. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker's ruling allows anyone who owned or leased a 1991-2001 Ford Explorer on or before August 9, 2

Ford officials recently requested that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to postpone crash tests of the new 2002 Ford Explorer. Ford officials said the current design is safe but the company is adding steel to the SUV's body in order to reinforce the vehicle. By implementing this new safety measure, Ford off

Months before the trial was scheduled to begin, a lawsuit involving a Ford Explorer rollover settled for $22 million. The 1992 Ford Explorer rolled over when a car traveling along Chicago's Eisenhower Expressway nicked the driver's side rear wheel well. The driver, Nabil Boury, sustained minor injuries in the acci

Ford Motor Company recently began a publicity campaign to promote its newly redesigned Explorer SUV. However, the automaker's marketing materials fail to mention that only the four-door model of the popular vehicle has been redesigned. The two-door Explorer Sport, the more dangerous model, has not been redesigned.

Ford Motor Co. will stop using P235/70R1616-size General Ameri 550 AS tires as replacements for Firestone tires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced that the General Ameri model reported tread failures of 124 per million, well in excess of the 9 failures per million of the rec

Sixteen days after his twin brother died, Ron Carmichael was killed in a car accident on I-75 in Ocala, Florida. Carmichael, his wife and two sons were traveling home from a family camping trip that followed his twin's funeral. Don Carmichael died July 4, 2001 at Bon Secours-Venice Hospital while working as th

A lawsuit stemming from a deadly 1992 Ford Explorer accident involving four teenage girls recently settled for $22 million. Two of the girls lost their lives in the accident and two others were seriously injured. The suit alleged that the Ford Explorer is unreasonably dangerous due to its high center of gravity, inhe

Ford Motor Company is beefing up its Washington, D.C. office in anticipation of further legal wrangling over the safety of the Ford Explorer . After Congressional hearings last month in which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) hinted that it might open an official investigation into Ford's pop

Ford is soon expected to announce its decision on whether to remove certain tires from its list of replacements for the Firestone Wilderness ATs. Questions were raised during last week's congressional hearings regarding the failure rate of the tires Ford has been using as replacements for the Firestones. Congressma

Ford announced that it would begin testing replacement tires it has provided to Ford owners since the company's May 22 recall of millions of Firestone tires. This comes after Congressman Billy Tauzin (R-LA) suggested that Ford was replacing faulty Firestone tires with even more dangerous Goodyear Wrangler HT and Gener

Ford Motor Company officials have accused Indecu, the Venezuelan consumer protection agency, with using inaccurate accident data in its evaluation of the Ford Explorer . The agency recently announced that design defects in Explorers were the probable cause of 50 accidents in that country since the company replaced

When Ford Motor Company announced on May 22, 2001 that it intended to replace all Firestone AT tires installed on Ford vehicles, many safety advocates applauded the move. However, during hearings held on Capital Hill yesterday, U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) raised the possibility that the tires Ford was using to rep

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that it was considering launching an investigation into the design and safety of the Ford Explorer . Ford Motor Company CEO Jacques Nasser stated that Ford would "welcome and encourage" such a review of its top selling Explorer SUV. Th