Ford Explorer=roll over king!
 

I just read in the paper that the Ford Explorer Sport Trac 4x2 got the worst rating in the governments new roll-over tests....WAY TO GO FORD! Here's to being number 1....for all the wrong reasons :)




Dave

I didn't know that the government did rollover tests. :confused: Link please.

Nick,

Uncle just statred doing rollover tests. I don't have the link.

I read it in the paper. Sorry, current technology does not allow me to give you a link to the newspaper in my trash.


Dave

http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCAP/Cars/2004SUVs.html

Well, whaddya know? The NHTSA is apparently doing a new rollover test. I see that their previous ratings were purely mathematical and probably not very accurate.

I wouldn't bash Ford over this just yet. As you can see on the list, very few SUVs have actually been tested. It's likely there will be worse yet.

did they test the xterra???

i see those on their sides a LOT

Kelli

On my way home from work on Tuesday, I noticed that some guy decided to do a rollover test of his Pathfinder - it failed.

Ford has been blasted for years for the design of the Explorer. It's a very tall and narrow design that even in it's current iteration is quite unstable. I think it's probably the fact that Ford is struggling so much right now that is keeping one of their best selling vehicles from getting good design attention.