Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| 10E043000 | MARATHON SEAT COVERS, INC. | E (Equipment) | 294 | 09/14/2010 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 09/03/2010 | 09/10/2010 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Marathon is recalling certain seat covers, brand superhides with part numbers 593, 594, 578, 960, 228, 228-09, 267-08, 333, 625, and 630, sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these seat covers are made of heavier thread and are not compatible with seats containing side airbags. the heavier seat cover could interfere with full deployment of the airbag in the event of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | An improperly deployed airbag could result in serious injury. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Marathon will notify owners of record and replace the seat cover free of charge. the safety recall began on september 14, 2010. owners may contact marathon at 1-800-735-2769. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket marathon seat covers and has no relation to any original equipment installed on general motors, ford, chrysler, toyota, or nissan vehicles.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| 10/18/2010 | 26000 | ||
| Got home at 4pm, parked the car in the garage and turned it off. walked inside and went to dinner at my in laws. about 3am my wife woke up to one of our babies crying. se went down to see what was going on. as she was walking through our kitchen she smelled something that was not right. she woke me up and we all left the house and went to her parents house across the street. we called the gas company and they came to search the house. the could not find a gas leak, so the guy from the gas company asked to look in the garage. when we opened the garage it felt like 100 degrees. we looked in both cars and there were no keys in the ignition. we popped the hoods on the cars on our escape you could barely touch anything inside the engine compartment because it was hot. on our other car you could touch everything. we tried to back the escape out of the garage until we could get it to the dealership the next day but were unable to. the next morning we ended up calling to have it towed to the dealer ship. they checked the wiring under the battery because they have had complaints of the starter spinning but never starting. since then they as well as ford have said we have made this up and are unwilling to do anything about the situation because they have never herd of such of a thing. since we are the first they don't feel obligated to do anything till someone gets hurt or dies. | |||
| 04/26/2010 | 11000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 ford escape. while driving at approximately 30 mph with the air conditioning unit on white flakes began to come out of the air vents. the failure recurred whenever the air conditioning unit was operated. during one of the failures some of the flakes got into her eye and she had to wait approximately 5 minutes before she could continue driving. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was repaired. approximately 1 week later the failure began to recur. the vehicle was taken back to an authorized dealer on two occasions to be repaired. the failure has not recurred. the failure mileage was 11,000 and the current mileage was 13,450. sm. | |||
| 03/17/2010 | 500 | ||
| 2009 ford escape limited with 4wd and 4 cylinder engine has continued to spew flacky white material from the heating/ac ducts when the system's fan is operating. upon return to the dealer, i was informed a technical bulletin existed to resolve the problem. the dealer supposedly followed the directions in the manufacturer's bulletin.the dealer also indicated the material was insulation and non toxic and not a carcinogen. the problem continues to exist with smaller particals being spewed forth whenever the sytem is turned on. i am concerned that continuous inhalation of this material will have both short and long term health consequences for me and my family. since there is already a technical bulletin out, my situation is not an isolated incident. i plan to return to the dealer for resolution but i am concerned that there is more at risk. how do i determine that inhalation of this material is not toxic and does not impose a health risk?? | |||
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| 01/19/2013 | 111128 | ||
| First occurance was while at idle the wheel wouldn't turn without extreme pressure. now, 1/24/2013 the power assist goes in and out with no warning. the vehicle steering comes close to locking up but doesn't actually get there. | |||