Ford Statement on Safety Issue: Emergency Trunk Release
16 December 1998
Ford Statement on Safety Issue: Emergency Trunk ReleaseDEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 16 -- Another automaker has announced plans to retrofit vehicles with an emergency release latch to help prevent tragedies resulting from adults or children being trapped inside the trunk. The following statement can be attributed to Helen Petrauskas, Ford vice president - Environmental & Safety Engineering. "This is an important safety issue. We applaud any action to reduce safety risks to children. Ford, too, has been working with child development experts on a solution. We're taking a slightly different approach and will take it to our customers later this year. We will have more to say about this soon."