NHTSA Complaint #10452397 — 2001 FORD EXPEDITION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR UPPER AND LOWER TRAILING ARMS WERE FRACTURED AS A RESULT OF RUST AND CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.