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Mercury Grand Marquis Suspension Front Safety Report | June 21, 2001
Reported on June 21, 2001
| WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH STARTED TO CHANGE LANES, AND NOTICED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN SAME LANE, AND SWERVED BACK TO THE RIGHT. AS SOON AS SHE TURNED WHEEL TO RIGHT SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, IT WENT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO LEFT, AND HIT A TRACTOR TRAILER HEAD-ON . AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. CONSUMER STATED IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS ON ICE. PRIOR TO THIS, WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL. INSURANCE WILL SEND AN INVESTIGATOR, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT SHE MADE TO RETURN TO THE OTHER LANE WAS NOT EXTREME, HOWEVER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SPUN TO THE RIGHT CAUSING HER TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF A FLATBED TRACTOR TRAILER. *SLC | |
| Make: | Mercury |
| Model: | Grand Marquis |
| Manufactured by: | Ford Motor Company |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Was a crash reported? | Y |
| Was an injury reported? | 2 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | SMYRNA GA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2MEFM74W0YX |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 65 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | RWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | Y |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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