Issues
History of the GM Side Saddle Gas Tank Defect
The side saddle fuel tank design installed in over 10 million trucks – all 1973-87 General Motors full-size pickups and cab-chassis trucks (pickups without beds) and some 1988-91 dual cab or RV chassis – is the worst auto crash fire defect in the history of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (formerly known as the Fatal Accident Reporting System), over 2,000 people were killed in fire crashes involving these trucks from 1973 through 2009.
Statement by B J Kincade, President, Victim’s Committee for Recall of Defective Vehicles Foundation, Inc.
Victim’s Committee for
Recall of Defective Vehicles Foundation, Inc.
174 Spunky Creek Drive, Catoosa, OK 74015
918-266-2533 FAX 918-266-6398
www.nocrash-noburn.com
Statement on Retrofit for GM Pickups – Clarence Ditlow, CAS Executive Director
April 23, 2001
STATEMENT ON RETROFITS FOR GM FIREBOMB PICKUPS
CLARENCE M. DITLOW, CAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
At Last a Remedy But GM Continues to Stonewall After All These Year
California Civil Code (the Secret Warranty Law)
California Civil Code Section 1795.90-1795.93
1795.90. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Consumer" means the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, of a motor vehicle, a lessee of a motor vehicle, any person to whom the motor vehicle is transferred during the duration of an express warranty applicable to that motor vehicle, and any person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty.
CAS Letter to California Attorney General
July 15, 2002
Honorable Bill Lockyer
Attorney General of California
1515 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Attorney General Lockyer:
CAS Consumer Advisory
Ford Tells Dealers But Not Consumers Free Repair of
Fuel Tank Hazards on 1999-2001 Models
CAS Petitions CA, CT, VA and WI Attorneys General under Secret Warranty
Law &
Advises Consumers to Take Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car In for
Repairs
CAS New Death Toll & 80+ mph Survivable Crash Technology Letter to Ford
September 11, 2002
William Clay Ford, Jr., Chairman
Ford Motor Company
The American Road
Dearborn MI 48121
Dear Mr. Ford:
Crown Victoria Sales
Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, Lincoln
Town Car Sales by Calendar Year
Source: Automotive News Annual Market Data Book
CAS Response to Ford
July 22, 2002
Susan M. Cischke, Vice PresidentEnvironmental & Safety EngineeringFord Motor CompanyOne American RoadDearborn MI 48126-2798
Dear Ms. Cischke:
Attachment K
MOTOR VEHICLE FIRES IN TRAFFIC CRASHES
AND THE EFFECTS OF THE FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY STANDARD [FMVSS 301]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Standards Evaluation
November 1990
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Principal Findings
The Frequency of Fires in Motor Vehicle Crashes