Issues
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
Attachment J
December 8, 1993
The Honorable Federico Pena
Secretary
Department of Transportation (DOT)
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington DC 20590
Dear Secretary Pena:
Attachments C
Ford Ambulance/Van Fuel-Fed Fires
Attachments B
Ford Pinto Fuel-Fed Fires
Attachment A
Ford Fuel System Recalls
CAS Recall Request to William Clay Ford, Jr.
June 25, 2002
William Clay Ford, Jr., Chairman
Ford Motor Company
The American Road
Dearborn MI 48121
Dear Mr. Ford:
From the classic 1965-68 Mustang to the 1971-76 Ford Pinto both with exploding gas tanks to the 1983-87 E-series vans/ambulances with fuel systems that spurt gasoline to the 3.6 million1986-87 models with fuel line coupler separation to now the 1992-01 Crown Victoria, Grant Marquis and Lincoln Town Car with exploding fuel tanks, Ford has the worst overall record of all auto companies on motor vehicle fire safety.
CAS Letter to Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano
September 26, 2002
Honorable Janet Napolitano
Attorney General of Arizona
1275 West Washington Street
Phoenix AZ 85007
Dear Attorney General Napolitano:
We appreciate your work to try to get Ford Motor Company to recall its Crown Victoria Police Interceptors (CVPI) for defective fuel systems which explode on impact.1 The Ford dominated Technical Panel is about to make recommendations on technical fixes.
Lucky Officer Escapes with Life
Cobb cop spots stalled vehicle on I-285, and fireworks begin
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Doug Payne – Staff
Saturday, July 6, 2002
The Fourth of July ended with a fiery bang for four motorists on I-285, one of them a Cobb police officer.
Sgt. G.A. Abbott was driving westbound on the Perimeter at Paces Ferry Road at 11:45 p.m. Thursday when he saw a white Pontiac Grand Am stalled one lane in from the fast lane.