{"id":2065,"date":"2011-05-05T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2013-11-12T18:49:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:49:26","slug":"shattering-windows-in-ford-suvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=2065","title":{"rendered":"Shattering Windows In Ford SUVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ford-escape-shattered-rear-window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ford-escape-shattered-rear-window.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ford escape shattered rear window\" width=\"115\" height=\"84\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2064\" style=\"float: left; margin: 3px 5px 0 0;\" \/><\/a>A preliminary investigation into shattering rear windows for 2010-2011 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner sport utility vehicles (SUV) has been opened after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received 18 complaints that the rear lift-gate window shattered while opening or closing the lift-gate.  Many of the incidents were reported to have happened during cold weather conditions and one alleged cut injuries to a 10 year old boy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Ford issued a recall for certain 2001-2005 SUV&#8217;s because the rear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/recall\/?make=FORD&#038;model=ESCAPE&#038;year=2002\">lift-gate latching system did not meet the inertia load requirements<\/a> of the federal motor vehicle safety standards.   There were over 150 reports of minor injuries when the door hinges failed allowing the glass to break.<\/p>\n<p>Owners wanting more information about Ford vehicle recalls can contact Ford at 1-800-392-3673.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A preliminary investigation into shattering rear windows for 2010-2011 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner sport utility vehicles (SUV) has been opened after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received 18 complaints that the rear lift-gate window shattered while opening or closing the lift-gate. Many of the incidents were reported to have happened during cold&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=2065\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,153,77],"tags":[906,1221,1629,937],"class_list":["post-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ford","category-mercury","category-nhtsa","tag-automobile-investigation","tag-lemon-laws","tag-nhtsa","tag-shattering-auto-glass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5372,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}