Oh this can't be good...

"Ford Motor Co. has been hit with another lawsuit claiming defective door latches on as many as 400,000 pickups and sport utility vehicles have caused the doors to open in side-impact crashes and rollover accidents, resulting in death or serious injury for occupants."

"Ford, the nation's second-biggest automaker, has been hit with several lawsuits in the United States in which plaintiffs claim latch failures led to fatal accidents that involved doors flying open."

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