We have classified the 3 complaints from 2002 Ford Thunderbird about STRUCTURE into the following categories.
My daughter was in a rollover accident on 09 -06 -2016 in a 2002 ford thunderbird convertible. the air bag did not sufficiently deploy & she was severely injured as a result. she was on interstate 95n near manning, sc when a semi truck did not see her & came into her lane grazing the car. she had to go off the road or the truck would have crushed her. the thunderbird rolled over & she was severely injured.
While driving at 65 mph, the soft convertible lock mechanism broke. *ak the top flew up while the vehicle was in motion on the freeway. the consumer attempted to grab the locking mechanism when it broke. *scc *jb
Water leaked on the passenger side, with the hardtop installed, passenger seat and floor were very wet. consumer was concern about the air bag in passenger seat as well as electronics under passenger seat.*jb
The sun visors could not be tilted toward the driver or passenger windows. the dealer and manufacturer were contacted but there has been no response. *jb *nlm