When the lever that allows the back seats to come down is pulled, the seats come down extremely quickly, dangerously fast. they appear to be on a spring action. one of my sons pulled on the lever and my other son's head was hit by the seat, and he suffered a concussion! i don't understand why it was built that way!!
At a low speed abrupt stop on a secondary row, the second row bench seat (it's split 60/40; the 60 side) came loose from the floor attachment, causing a rear facing car seat to hit the back of the front seat. this was not a tether malfunction. it is a defect in the attachment between the bench seat itself and the locking mechanism on the floor. at this point i cannot secure the seat because of this broken part. (this seat is designed to fold forward for storage/ingress-egress for 3rd row seat passengers). ford has to date been unresponsive although i bought a premium care warranty that is still active. they are not addressing a critical safety issue.