Ford Fiesta First Minicar To Snag IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
What a great little car design.
Efficient AND safe.
What a great little car design.
Wonder if that's why the rates State Farm is charging me is so crazy-high? Never understood why it cost $10 more a month to insure the Fiesta vs my 260-hp Solstice.I was about to say that this is great news until I read that cars built before July don't get this rating. So is my insurance going to be higher because of this?![]()
They should replace the whole door on all affected cars.....I think I am going to get an attorney!I wonder if thats why Ford gave us a $50 gift card for our cars being late?
Someone to check to see if it's possible to retrofit the new door handles to the older cars. Or was the change actually to the door skin, not the handle? If it's just the handle IMHO we should push for a recall.
Link: News from IIHS and HLDIThe Fiesta's award applies to cars built after July 2010 because Ford made design changes to strengthen the outside door handles to minimize the possibility of doors opening in side impact crashes.
If you know something (about the holdup) please share!I echo the sentiment that if the results of the IIHS ratings were paramount in a person's decision to buy a car, why would you purchase one before those ratings were published?
AFAIK, the door handle revisions were a rolling change to the cars, and cars built before the mentioned July date do NOT have the revised handles.
Also, the handles were not the holdup of the first batch of cars. I know that for sure.
As long as a car passes the DOT tests it is legal for sale. The IIHS is a third-party organization. It's tests are "allegedly" for consumer awareness. Their ratings are like the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" or Consumer Reports "Recommend Pick" accolades.
Car companies are within their rights to make rolling upgrades to safety features of cars. While they might offer a retro-fitted upgrade to customers, I'm pretty sure that they are not required to by law (granted, I'm not an attorney, so YMMV).
FYI, of course they (Ford) tests the cars before releasing them.The problem is there is NO safety rating at all for cars produced before July 10. I will be calling Mitch Rasansky today, he is a big time Automotive Lawyer in Dallas (former city council member of Dallas too) he goes after car companies and trucking companies. When it comes to litigation there is no one better. I will be contacting his firm if Ford doesn't step up and fix the early cars.
You would think they would test the car BEFORE releasing it!
If DOT has to certify the car for sale, where are those ratings?I echo the sentiment that if the results of the IIHS ratings were paramount in a person's decision to buy a car, why would you purchase one before those ratings were published?
AFAIK, the door handle revisions were a rolling change to the cars, and cars built before the mentioned July date do NOT have the revised handles.
Also, the handles were not the holdup of the first batch of cars. I know that for sure.
As long as a car passes the DOT tests it is legal for sale. The IIHS is a third-party organization. It's tests are "allegedly" for consumer awareness. Their ratings are like the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" or Consumer Reports "Recommend Pick" accolades.
Car companies are within their rights to make rolling upgrades to safety features of cars. While they might offer a retro-fitted upgrade to customers, I'm pretty sure that they are not required to by law (granted, I'm not an attorney, so YMMV).
If you know something (about the holdup) please share!