2001 FORD SUPERCREW Seatsmidrear Assembly Problems

BELOW IS A COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE I SENT TO FORD ON OCT. 17, 2006 REGARDING MY CONCERN WITH THE LACK OF REAR SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS IN MY 2001 FORD F150 SUPERCREW. HELLO, I PURCHASED A NEW 2001 F150 SUPERCREW IN JUNE 2000. I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE LACK OF HEADRESTS IN THE REAR SEAT. I DID NOT NOTICE THE LACK OF HEADRESTS WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THEN MY GRANDFATHER SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASED A NEW SUPERCREW A YEAR OR SO LATER. THEN, WHEN COMPARING THE TWO TRUCKS I NOTICED THAT HIS TRUCK CAME WITH REAR HEAD RESTS. THE PROXIMITY OF THE REAR WINDOW TO REAR PASSENGERS HEADS IS ALARMING SHOULD THIS VEHICLE BE INVOLVED IN A FRONT OR REAR COLLISION. THIS DESIGN FLAW COULD RESULT IN SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA SHOULD SOMEONE''S HEAD IMPACT THE REAR GLASS IN SUCH AN ACCIDENT. SECONDARILY, REAR PASSENGER COMFORT IS COMPROMISED AS THERE IS...

THE REAR SEAT HAS NO PASSENGER HEAD REST WHICH, IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION FROM THE FRONT OR THE REAR WILL ALLOW THE UNRESTRAINED HEADS OF PASSENGERS TO STRIKE THE REAR WINDOW WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN INJURY THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PREVENTED IF HEADRESTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. FORD RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT IS AFTER A NUMBER OF EARLY RELEASE MODELS WERE ALREADY IN THE MARKETPLACE. I RECOMMEND THAT A RECALL BE PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE THE SEATS RETROFITTED WITH HEADRESTS. *LA