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2024 FORD ESCAPE — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash · 2226711 · 2026-07-17

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
ESCAPE
Year
2024
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I was driving my 2024 Ford Escape approximately at 20-25 mph on the street when the hood flew open, hit, and shattered my windshield. The hood remained against the windshield and I immediately stopped the car and removed the hood from the windshield. I was not injured as a result of this incident. There was no warning or alert that the hood might have been open. Most cars have a hood ajar alert but it appears that in this case the system failed. I subsequently drove the car home and alerted my insurance company and the Bill Brown Ford Dealership. I took the car to the dealership and they inspected the car and stated the safety hood latch was intact. However, prior to the incident, I did not open the hood nor did I release the hood safety latch. There was never a warning light to indicate the hood was ajar. I did filed a police report with the Farmington Hills Police Department. There were no

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11751097
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown