does anyone know of a law case that happend between a car company and a buyer because of the car exploding on impact
2006-08-10 14:39:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
thanx everyone for the good answers i know most of them were the same but it was good on my paper for school
2006-08-10 14:47:13 · update #1
Ford Pinto, Chevy Corvair of the Ralph Nader fame, and most recently Chevy pickups of the eighties, their fuel tanks are placed on the outside of the frame rails. Some blew up and the engineers back in the design stage memo'd that this was going to be a problem! They got the bean counters on the case and they estimated it would cost more to recall all the trucks for retrofit then to allow any possible pay-outs or settlements from any accidents! Go figure.
2006-08-10 14:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by cuttlekid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most recent was the Ford (80's models) pickups in a side collision because of gas tank placement. The most popular case was brought up by Ralph Nader and the Chevrolet Corvair. That may be what you are looking for.
2006-08-11 03:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by wzzrd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chevrolet became the sacrificial lamb when their trucks with "saddle" tanks would blow up when the truck was hit on the side.
They were forced to give truck owners a voucher for a major discount on a NEW truck.
It didn't matter that Dodge, Ford, and International Harvester ALSO made trucks with saddle tanks that would blow up.
P.S.
Arnold, the Corvairs' problems were not explosive in nature. They had stability problems that caused loss of control.
2006-08-10 21:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ford Pinto and the exploding gas tanks
2006-08-10 21:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by kids and cats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Ford Pinto.
2006-08-10 21:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pinto, otherwise know as the Ford FireBall tended to burst into flames when rear-ended.
The gas tank was poorly engineered and mis-located.
2006-08-10 21:42:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And the infamous case of a TV show (I think it was one of NBC's) getting sued by General Motors when they had tried to show how the trucks would blow up in a collision, but in reality had rigged model rocket engines to blow up the gas tanks for the TV footage.
2006-08-11 09:39:47 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chevy Corvair, and then the Ford Pinto.
2006-08-10 21:47:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A law case with cars is what made America great.
2006-08-10 21:43:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google Pinto, like everyone has said. I remember the case.
2006-08-10 21:44:44 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋