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Ford is finally offering tank shields for civilian vehicles—but only for one model: the Ford Lincoln Town Car limo. Other civilian models with similar tank designs are still vulnerable to tank explosions and fires caused by rear-end impact. In a real-life scenario played over and over again, the subject vehicles are rear-ended by another vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Once impact is made, the gasoline tanks are punctured, fuel leaks out and almost always catches fire, causing an explosion. Sometimes the doors of the subject vehicle are jammed closed by the severity of the impact, leaving the occupants uable to escape the flames and/or death. There are more and more stories specifically about Ford's troubled civilian models: -
Ford offering fire shields for Town Car limousines
Ford
offers Town Car limo owners safety kit; vehicles share same gasoline
tank design as fire-prone Crown Victoria WASHINGTON—In a move that could revive the debate over the safety of gas-tank design, Ford Motor Co. is offering Lincoln Town Car limousine owners the same repair kits it has made available for the Crown Victoria police cruiser. Ford has been dogged by complaints about the police cruiser, as more than a dozen officers have died in fires after their parked cars have been struck from behind at high speeds. Ford says there is no defect, and the optional upgrades are being offered for "customer satisfaction." SOURCE: The Detroit News Auto Insider Ford
offering fire shields for Town Car limousines DETROIT—Ford Motor,
acknowledging for a second time that fuel tanks in some of its large
sedans pose an increased risk of explosion in rear-end collisions,
offered Wednesday to provide protective fire shields to owners of
Lincoln Town Car stretch limousines. SOURCE: New York Times Ford providing
fire kits for free; equipment to shield gas tank in Town Car limos
Ford Motor Co., acknowledging for the first time that Lincoln Town Car stretch limousines might be prone to catching fire in high-impact rear collisions, is offering to help retrofit the vehicles to better protect them. SOURCE: Detroit Free Press Ford offers fuel tank shields for limos prior to high-profile limo deaths trial WINSTON-SALEM, NC—Ford Motor Co. is offering Lincoln Town Car limousine dealers free upgrades to protect fuel tanks in rear crashes just three months before the automaker goes on trial in the high-profile deaths of three sisters who burned to death in a Ford limousine in 2003. CONTINUED -->
December 9, 2003 CORNELIUS, N.C.—Tara Howell Parker's life finally was coming together. Her heart transplant two years earlier was an established success. Her husband's rise through the NASCAR ranks was in high gear. The baby they wanted to adopt was at home with them in their brick colonial. SOURCE: Detroit Free Press/Center for Auto Safety
September 12, 2003 GREENSBORO—The limousine was a surprise. Tara Howell Parker (wife of NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett's crew chief) sometimes shared the perks of the flashy race world with her younger sisters. So on Wednesday, she rented the stretch limo to escort the sisters to and from the Fleetwood Mac concert the three had been anticipating at the Greensboro Coliseum, family said. SOURCE: News & Record/Center for Auto Safety
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