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DEFECTIVE VEHICLE DOOR LOCKS

Personal injury attorneys and consumer advocates charge that the "type-3" door lock installed in over 30 million American-made cars on the road today may be defective! When these potentially defective door locks are involved in an accident the car door may fly open causing the occupant nearest the door to possibly be crushed by the impact or ejected from the vehicle on impact causing serious injury or death! In august of 2004 a leading U.S. automaker has been accused of installing defective door locks in SUV's which may allow car doors to open on impact or in rollover situations.

Why not recall all of the potentially defective door locks? To date, automakers have settled claims in the neighborhood of 100 million dollars due to court settlements concerning defective door locks. However, to recall all the potentially defective locks would cost nearly one billion dollars to fix the cars because recalling and fixing the locks is an admission they are defective which leads to even more lawsuits!

So, by comparison, what are a few lawsuits and a few lives lost or lives changed forever when a corporate conglomerate can save 900 million dollars simply fighting lawsuits as if the door locks are safe and not defective.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: CBS-TV 48 HOURS 12/12/96

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