Re: The Safety of Defective Ford Door Latches

It looks like Ford may have made a serious error in regards to the

> safety of the door latches in a number of the vehicles they produce. > It also appears that Ford may have known of this and not done > anything about the defect.

From the (US) site: "A door latch malfunction can cause an unintended door opening. This can result in passengers being thrown from the vehicle."

Sounds like a good argument for compulsory setbelts in the US then...

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Scott M
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An open door can still reduce the structural integrity in a major accident though the designs are now to try to prevent deformation to the door opening to allow the door to be easily opened after the accident.

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Depresion

Scott M (smorris_12@delete_this.yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Bring back suicide doors....

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Adrian

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