NHTSA Complaint #10916252 — 2013 FORD EXPLORER

AT A SPEED OF 65 TO 70 MPH ON INDIANA HYW 31 A VERY LOUD SOUND SHOOK MY CAR--I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING--LOOKING VIA THE REAL VIEW MIRROR I SAW THE CAR FOLLOWING ME JERK INTO THE OTHER LANE--I PUT ON MY WARNING FLASHERS AND PULLED OVER AS DID THE CAR FOLLOWING ME. THE YOUNG MAN THOUGHT I HAD THROWN SOMETHING OUT MY WINDOW WHICH BOUNCED OFF THIS WINDSHIELD--HE WAS NOT AT ALL HAPPY!!!!! WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THE BIG BLACK WINDSHIELD MOLDING- DRIVER SIDE----APPROX. 3 X 37 IN LONG BROKE OFF FROM MY CAR FLEW BACK AND BOUNCED OFF THIS WINDSHIELD. WE COULD NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE TO HIS CAR. HE TOLD ME HE ONLY SAW THIS BIG BLACK SOMETHING ABOUT TO HIT HIM AND JERKED THE WHEEL INTO THE LEFT LANE. ON INSPECTION OF MY CAR 4 OF THE 8 HOLD POINTS WERE MISSING--IT APPEARS THE MOLDING AT THE HOOD POINTS LET LOOSE WHICH CAUSED THE REST OF THE BIG MOLDING TO TEAR LOOSE.