Front Seat Head Restraint Problems of Ford Taurus

We brought a 210 Ford Taurus and the head rest are to high and is causing my head to tilt forward. It is causing my neck to hurt and I'm getting headaches. I truly hate to get in it. Knowing that it's going to hurt my neck. The headrest need to be adjusted back some.

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Subject: head rest construction in new 2006 Ford focus in our circumstances, the driver's side head rest is angled forward acutely so that it strikes on a horizontal line across the back of the head. The head rest forces the head downward into the chin, and most irritatingly creates a continuing distraction to the driver who feels as if someone is constantly playing with their hair. We were advised that there is "nothing" that the dealership can do to correct the problem as it is a design issue given the dealership by Ford motor CO. However, looking at other focus models, confirms that of the two head rest in every vehicle, one is predominately "pushed forward" of the others, and that the forward angles in all examined head rest is different. We have told that the problem is not repairable, but can be modified. Further discussions with our dealership consumer affairs manager have brought to our attention that this is a common problem seen not just in the focus, but in other Ford models as well. It appears that the usual fix is to simply swap head rest - I was also told that in some cases the head rest are simply turned around the other direction to resolve the customer complaint - or removed altogether. Although we have not experienced an accident as a result of this concern, my wife has reported one "incident" in which she almost backed into a vehicle because she knee-jerk reacted to reach back to move away "something crawling on my head. " I am concerned that what appears to be a defect that can be randomly worse on some vehicles more than others, creates a distraction while driving that may precipitate an accident. Further, dealership solutions may expose consumers to solutions that solve the problem, but defeat the purpose of the head rest as a safety device are you aware of the problem, and is any effort being made to recall the defective head rest and replace them with ergonomic replacements? thank you.

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Seat head restraint is too high up to where drivers vision is blocked. Please provide any further information.

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Consumer stated while sitting at a light, he was rear ended, the front headrest is at full extension which is useless, upon being hit, the consumer stated that his head went back at a 45 degree angle causing him to suffer whiplash.

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Consumer was backing out of driveway and noticed that driver's side head rest was too big. In order to look around to make sure traffic was clear in view of looking into mirrior she had to turn her whole body around. Dealership was aware of problem.

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Design of the headrest obstructs the view of the driver to look over to left side, and cannot see the "blind spot" in the rear. The over sized head rest on 2000 vehicle are dangerous because it limited visibility over the driver's left shoulder, and it is impossible to view an infant inchild seat behind the driver.

Headrest in rear of vehicle are too tall. It's blocking visibility on both sides of vehicle.

Headrest does not come up high enough to protect occupant in case of vehicle crash. Dealer says it's part of design.

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Passenager side head rest blocks the drivers view when pulling out or passing.

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The driver has difficulty seeing over the head rest attempting to change lanes, the consumer is 5'2" and uses a car seat which raises her 2 inches, she believes the configuratin of the vehicle interfers with views at different seeing levels. Nlm.

Rear seat head rest have very little padding, whenever the brakes are applied suddenly the rear occupants heads hit the seat back hurting their head due to the lack of padding. Nlm.

Consumer removed head rests, since consumer is only 5 feet tall, she could not see out the rear window due to the head rests being too high, dealer stated there are no smaller head restraints that can fit into holes that hold the head rests.