2001 Ford F-150 Seats

MY EARLY BUILT F150 SUPERCREW DID NOT COME WITH REAR SEAT HEADRESTS. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE NEWER SUPERCREWS DO COME WITH HEADRESTS. AS WE ALL KNOW, HEADRESTS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN CRASHES TO PREVENT INJURIES, AND I THINK FORD HAS REALIZED THAT IN THE SUPERCREWS, SO THEY PUT THEM IN THE NEWER ONES. I BELIEVE FORD SHOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILTY TO REPLACE THE SEATS OF ALL SUPERCREWS THAT DID NOT COME WITH THE REAR HEAD RESTS. *AK

I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE LACK OF HEADREST IN THE REAR SEATS OF MY TRUCK IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

I BELIEVE THE NEW CHANGE TO THE MID-MODEL F-150 SUPERCREW'S REAR SEAT, BY ADDING THE HEAD RESTRAINT IS A GREAT IDEA AND SHOULD BE RETROFITTED INTO THE OLDER MODELS WHICH WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH THOSE RESTRAINTS. SITTING AT THE HEIGHT IN WHICH THE SEATS ARE CONSTRUCTED CAN (AND DOES) RESULT IN THE HEAD STRIKING THE REAR WINDOW UPON ACCELERATION AND WHEN WHIPPED BACK IN A SUDDEN BRAKING INCIDENT. TO PREVENT ANY FORM OF LITIGATION FROM AN ACCIDENT FORD MO. CO. SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND AMMEND THE SITUATION. *AK

IF I'M INVOLVED IN A REAR END TYPE OF CRASH WHERE I'M HIT FROM REAR I'M CONCERNED THAT MY REAR SEATED PASSENGERS HEAD MAY HIT THE REAR WINDOW GLASS BECAUSE OF A FLAW IN DESIGN OF REAR SEATS NOT HAVING A HEAD REST. YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED SINCE I HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY SSCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE MY MAIN PASSENGERS AND SINCE THEY CANNOT SIT IN FRONT OF TRUCK BECAUSE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS. THANK YOU.

RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT REAR PASSENGERS HAVE NO PROTECTION TO STOP THEIR HEADS FROM HITTING THE REAR WINDOW OF THE TRUCK IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR COLLISION. HAD A NEED FOR A SUDDEN STOP WITH A PASSENGER IN THE REAR WITH THIS OCCURRING. NO INJURY OCCURRED THIS TIME. HAVE NOTICED FORD IS NOW EQUIPPING NEW VEHICLE WITH HEAD RESTS. IS THIS A KNOWN SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING? I BELIEVE SO BEFORE SOMEONE IS UNNECESSARILY INJURED DUE TO AN INHERENT DESIGN FLAW THAT FORD APPARENTLY ACKNOWLEDGES BY A NEW SEAT REDESIGN. *AK

MY FORD F-150 SUPERCREW 4-DOOR PICKUP TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE HEAD RESTRAINTS IN THE REAR 60/40 SPLIT BENCH SEAT. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS REAR SEAT PASSENGERS WILL HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE REAR GLASS IN A CRASH. NEW TRUCKS OF THIS MODEL ARE NOW REDESIGNED AND HAVE REAR HEAD RESTRAINTS. MODELS MANUFACTURED EARLIER DO NOT. WHEN I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO COMPLAIN OF THE SAFETY CONCERN OF HAVING NO REAR HEAD RESTRAINTS AND TO ASK FOR THE NEW REDESIGNED SEATS, THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE SEATS. THEY ARE IGNORING OWNERS WITH MODELS MANUFACTURED BEFORE THE NEWLY REDESIGNED REAR SEATS. FORD ALSO REDESIGNED THE FRONT SEATS TO NOW INCLUDE HEAD RESTRAINTS INSTEAD OF THE OLD DESIGN OF TALLER INTEGRATED HEAD RESTRAINTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN IN THAT I CANNOT ADJUST THE FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINT TO PROPERLY PROTECT ME IN A CRASH. I ALSO WISH TO HAVE NEW FRONT SEAT CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS FROM THE NEWLY DESIGNED MODEL'S FRONT SEATS. *AK

TRUCK NEEDS REAR HEADRESTS. ALREADY CAUSED INJURY UPON HARD BRAKING. *AK

REAR SEATS DO NOT HAVE HEADRESTS OR ANY TYPE OF HEAD SUPPORT. THE REAR WINDOW GLASS IS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SEATS. REAR SEAT PASSENGERS CAN HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE REAR WINDOW. FORD HAS ADDED HEADRESTS TO CURRENT PRODUCTION VEHICLES SO THEY OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH THIS MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I FEEL FORD SHOULD RECALL ALL 2001 F150 SUPERCREWS AND CHANGE THE REAR SEAT TO THE CURRENT SEAT THEY ARE NOW USING.

REAR SEATS ARE UNSAFE WITHOUT HEADREAST. *AK

THE 2001 FORD SUPERCREW DOES NOT COME WITH REAR HEADRESTS. THERE HAS BEEN A FEW OCCASSIONS WHERE MY PASSENGERS HAVE BUMPED THEIR HEADS ON THE GLASS PANEL JUST BEHIND THE REAR SEATS. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE WITH FORD TO DETERMINE A SUITABLE FIX. THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT FORD HAS UPGRADED THE REAR SEATS (CURRENT PRODUCTION) HOWEVER MY UNIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PRODUCED AND DID NOT RECEIVE THE UPDATED SEATS. PLEASE ADVISE.

THE REAR SEATS IN MY SUPERCREW DO NOT HAVE A HEAD REST THIS WOULD BE DANGEROUS IN AN ACCIDENT TO ANYONE SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT. *AK

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THE REAR SEATS AND DURING SUDDEN STOPS REAR PASSENGERS HAVE HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE REAR WINDOW. NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

LACK OF REAR SEAT HEADREST ARE A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR OCCUPANTS OF THE REAR SEAT IN CASE OF A ACCIDENT. OCCUPENTS COULD HIT THEIR HEAD ON REAR WINDOW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURY. *AK

REAR PASSENGER SEAT HEADRESTS ARE INADEQUATE. REAR PASSENGER HEADS COME IN CONTACT WITH REAR GLASS. DEFECT CORRECTED IN LATE MODEL YEAR OF VEHICLE. *AK

NO HEAD PROTECTION FOR REAR PASSENGERS /SMALL CHILDREN HIT HEADS ON BACK GLASS. *AK

FORD HAS UPDATED THE REAR SEATS WITH HEAD RESTS IN LATER 2001 MODLES. THE EARLIER MODELS SHOULD BE RETROFITTED WITH THESE HEAD RESTS TOO. IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

VEHICLE LACKS REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS / HEAD SUPPORT. ANY MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE CAUSES REAR SEAT OCCUPANTS TO HIT HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW. *AK

THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE REAR SEATS NOT HAVING A HEAD REST, THE SEATS ARE TO LOW AND IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THE PASSANGERS ON THE BACK ARE GOING TO HIT THERE HEADS ON THE REAR WINDOW, I HAVE TOO KIDS AND I DON'T WANT FOR THEM TO GET HURT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT; IT COULD BE A SEVERE INJURY IN A REAR END COLLICION. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

THE 'NEWER' SUPERCREWS HAVE REAR HEADRESTS, BUT THE EARLY 2001 MODELS DO NOT. I FEEL THAT ALL VERSIONS SHOULD HAVE REAR HEADRESTS. *AK

WITHOUT REAR SEAT HEADRESTS, REAR PASSENGERS HEAD HITS REAR GLASS ON CAB. *AK

REAR SEATS NEED HEADREST. STANDARD ON TRUCKS NOW. BIG CONCERN. *AK

THE NEWER MODELS HAVE THE REAR HEAD RESTS. OBVIOUSLY, FORD RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A FATALITY DUE TO THIS UNBELIEVABLE SAFETY OVERSIGHT. NO HEAD RESTS? IF THAT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY RISK THAT POSES A REAL AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT DESERVES OUR GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE NHTSA? THANK YOU. *AK

LACK OF A HEAD RESTRAINT FOR THE REAR SEAT PASSENGERS. ON OCCASION IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AN OCCUPANT TO HIT THEIR HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN. FORD HAS COME OUT WITH A NEW SEAT DESIGN WHICH INCLUDES HEAD RESTRAINTS. I FEEL THEY SHOULD RETROFIT EARLIER MODELS BUILT THIS YEAR WITH THE NEWER SEATS. EVEN IF IT WERE FOR THE LABOR CHARGE TO CHANGE THE SEATS. THANK YOU. *AK

COMPLAINT ON THE LACK OF HEADRESTS ON THE EARLY 2001 MODELS. LATER MODELS HAVE THEM AND I AM CONCERNED.*AK

I AM CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY FACTOR OF THE LACK OF REAR SEAT HEADRESTS. AFTER 6 MONTHS OF SALES OF THE NEW SUPERCREW MODEL, FORD ALTERED THE DESIGN AND NOW HAS HEADRESTS. I AM INTERESTED IN A RETROFIT KIT FROM FORD THAT ADDS HEADRESTS. *AK