Ford Pinto Fire Lawsuit, Exploding Gas Tank Leads To Chrysler Lawsuit Martinson Beason P C

On june 9 1978 ford agreed to recall 15 million ford pinto and 30000 mercury bobcat sedan and hatchback models.

Harrison ford age of adaline. Ford motor company 1981. A two door fastback sedan with a trunk a three. The ford pinto is a subcompact car that was manufactured and marketed by ford motor company in north america sold from the 1971 to the 1980 model years.

What happens when you get rear ended in a ford pinto. In its simplest form the state is charging that the company knowingly made and marketed a dangerous product. The scandal and the trial.

Between 1971 and 1978 approximately fifty lawsuits were brought against ford in connection with rear end accidents in the pinto. Sisters judy and lynn ulrich ages 18 and 16 respectively and their cousin donna ulrich age 18 were struck from the rear in their 1973 ford pinto by a van. The smallest american ford vehicle since 1907 the pinto was the first subcompact vehicle produced by ford in north america.

Ford pinto fuel fed fires. The main controversy surrounding the ford pinto case was the ford motor companys choices made during development to compromise safety for efficiency and profit maximization. The pinto then acquired a rupture proof fuel tank.

The ford pinto case. Nhtsa finally adopted a 30 mph collision standard in 1976. Or a fiery death.

The lawsuits brought by injured people and their survivors uncovered how the company rushed the pinto through production and onto the market. More specifically it was fords decision to use the costbenefit analysis detailed in section 11 to make production decisions that translated into lost lives. In 1978 ford was obliged to recall all 1971 76 pintos for fuel tank modifications.

The pinto a subcompact car made by ford motor company became infamous in the 1970s for bursting into flames if its gas tank was ruptured in a collision. Iacocca was fired the following month. The action was the result of investigations.

The pinto was marketed in three body styles through its production. On june 9 1978 ford motor company agreed to recall 15 million ford pinto and 30000 mercury bobcat sedan and hatchback models for fuel tank design defects which made the vehicles susceptible to fire in the event of a moderate speed rear end collision. Detroit june 9 a year after the federal government and the ford motor company ended a bitter auto safety dispute with the recall 01 15 million pinto and bobcat subcompacts the recall and.

It was too late to save fords reputation.