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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| EQUIPMENT | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | |||
| 06/04/2011 | 42000 | ||
| Within the first 12 months and less than 25k miles had to replace both front firestone tires due to the inside wearing bald on my 2009 ford explorer. june 2011, 23 months old and with 42k miles right rear tire wearing differently than the others, came off while driving through parking lot. all 5 wheel studs had gradually broke off over a few months time. ford motor company states that the maintenance of the vehicle was not maintained is the reason for this malfunction. this is a family car that is driven back and forth to work and misc driving, no towing or hot rodding, and a fairly low mileage. ford never returned my complaint of any other reasoning, only replaced the wheel studs on damaged wheel and charged me $165 because warranty expired 7k before. also had to replace the back tire at 42k miles. damage to my rear wheel hub and paint. no damage or injury due to being in parking lot going 5 mph. | |||