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Four aluminum rivets that hold my hood to the latch striker plate broke causing the hood to fly up and break windshield and blinding driver, recall component on heavier suspension models, vehicle denied due to suspension design.
The hood came up and blinded me on the freeway at 60mph. I beleive I am lucky to be alive and not injured. NHTSA campaign id number: 97V024000, describes what happened to my car. I believe the same hood latch striker defect exists on 1995 Crown Victoria's without the police option, but it just takes longer to show up. This defect showed up on my car with 96625 miles of mostly freeway driving. I suspect in time many other standard 1995 Crown Victoria's will be having this problem. The four aluminium rivets that hold the hood striker plate to the hood fatigued with the stress of freeway driving, and came out when I was traveling 60mph on the freeway, releasing the hood which came up and smashed my windshield and blinded me. I am luck to be alive and not in injured.
- San Leandro, CA, USA
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- San Leandr, CA, USA