Hi, Guest
04-01-2008, 08:08 AM
Ok, so a guy at work was happily driving into work last Thursday, coming from Ontario into Quebec at around 5.30am.
He looks ahead as he can see brake lights, and decides to slow down from 110-115, and change lanes. As he is doing so, halfway across lanes....at about 90KPH he thinks...BAM! hood flies up and he is almost blind in front!
Manages to get off the road without killing anybody, and gets out to take a look.
Finds out that the latch mechanism has completely broken apart, letting not only the main hook but also the secondary safety hook fall completely away!
He had to have the car towed to Ford, who told him that they ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, and will repair it once the parts are in. They did a temporary fix for Friday.
So, if they are aware, how many people need to die before they do a recall? I mean, isn't this life threatening? God forbid that he lost control, spinning out or hitting something, or, worse, a car with children! This is absolutely sickening.
Anyway, here are pics of the NEW lock assy.
![[Image: IMG_1245.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Scorpion101/IMG_1245.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1246.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Scorpion101/IMG_1246.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1247.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Scorpion101/IMG_1247.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1248.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Scorpion101/IMG_1248.jpg)
The old type is plastic on both 'sides', which cannot take the strain of motion/vibration/use etc. The replacement is metal on both sides (front is metal lower down, rear is metal all way to top). and consequently, the spring and pins holding everything in place fell out, causing both catches to fail.
So, just a warning. If you have one of these models, or come to that, any model in that year or other years, check the catch assembly. If it looks bad, get it back to Ford for replacement if under warranty. If out of warranty...maybe replace, or use hood pins.
Scorp.
He looks ahead as he can see brake lights, and decides to slow down from 110-115, and change lanes. As he is doing so, halfway across lanes....at about 90KPH he thinks...BAM! hood flies up and he is almost blind in front!
Manages to get off the road without killing anybody, and gets out to take a look.
Finds out that the latch mechanism has completely broken apart, letting not only the main hook but also the secondary safety hook fall completely away!
He had to have the car towed to Ford, who told him that they ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, and will repair it once the parts are in. They did a temporary fix for Friday.
So, if they are aware, how many people need to die before they do a recall? I mean, isn't this life threatening? God forbid that he lost control, spinning out or hitting something, or, worse, a car with children! This is absolutely sickening.
Anyway, here are pics of the NEW lock assy.
The old type is plastic on both 'sides', which cannot take the strain of motion/vibration/use etc. The replacement is metal on both sides (front is metal lower down, rear is metal all way to top). and consequently, the spring and pins holding everything in place fell out, causing both catches to fail.
So, just a warning. If you have one of these models, or come to that, any model in that year or other years, check the catch assembly. If it looks bad, get it back to Ford for replacement if under warranty. If out of warranty...maybe replace, or use hood pins.
Scorp.