Defective Products Archive

Are You Part of Ford Spark Plug Class Action? Read on…

September 16th, 2011. By AbiK

The video above, which shows some broken Ford spark plugs–or more specifically, broken spark plugs from a 2004 Ford F150 Triton 5.4L V8–also shows what the recent Ford spark plug class action lawsuit is all about. A quick surf around the internet found that Ford owners who’ve had this problem have paid bills of a few hundred dollars to $750 to $4,500 and who knows how much more to get the spark plug problem fixed.

So what’s the deal with the Ford spark plug class action lawsuit? Here’s the lowdown…

Reason for Ford Spark Plug Class Action Lawsuit

The Ford spark plug lawsuit claims that spark plugs in certain Ford models break during replacement. As a result, broken pieces or fragments of the defective spark plugs get stuck in the cylinder head, which has led to expensive repair shop bills in order to remove the broken spark plug pieces and/or repair damage to engines. The Ford spark plug class action lawsuit is a defective product lawsuit.

Ford did issue a Technical Service Bulletin (08-7-6) in 2008 which provided instruction (11 pages!) on how to properly remove the spark plugs.

Ford Models included in the Ford Spark Plug Class Action Lawsuit

The “class” for this lawsuit would include owners of the following Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models:

Ford

2005-2008 Mustang
2004-2008 F-150
2005-2008 Expedition, F-Super Duty
2006-2008 Explorer
F-53 Motorhome Chassis
2007-2008 Explorer Sport Trac

Lincoln

2005-2008 Navigator
2006-2008 Mark LT

Mercury

2006-2008 Mountaineer

To File a Ford Spark Plug Class Action Complaint

Fill out and submit your complaint form.

Tags: Broken Spark Plug, Defective Spark Plugs, Ford Class Action, Ford Expedition, Ford Explorer, Ford F-150, Ford Motorhome, Ford Mustang, Ford Spark Plugs, Lincoln Mark LT, Lincoln Navigator, Mercury Mountaineer, Spark Plug Lawsuit
Posted in Automotive, Class Action, Defective Products | 8731No Comments »2011-09-16+15%3A51%3A08AbiK

Infographic: 5 Hip Replacement Options, 1 with Lawsuits

July 24th, 2011. By AbiK

With the recent FDA approval of the DePuy Pinnacle CoMplete Acetabular Hip, we thought it might be helpful to put it all down on an infographic that shows the different types of hip implant components and which one has been the target of hip replacement lawsuits. Find more information on the metal-on-metal (MoM) DePuy ASR hip replacement here.

Tags: DePuy ASR Hip Implant, DePuy Hip Replacement, Hip Replacement Lawsuit, Hip Replacement Options
Posted in Defective Products, Drugs/Medical | 8115No Comments »2011-07-24+15%3A50%3A43AbiK

Hey Guys, Are you in a State of Propecia Sexual Dysfunction?

July 24th, 2011. By AbiK

This whole Propecia sexual dysfunction thing got me wondering if there were any patterns (male pattern baldness aside) to where guys were experiencing the most negative Propecia sexual side effects, allegedly brought on by Propecia for hair loss treatment.

Being a data geek at heart, I took a look at where all these guys have been coming from—thinking that surely they’d hover around image-conscious L.A. or Miami—or in more major metro employment hotbeds where one might be concerned about age discrimination upon walking into an interview with a receding hairline—places like New York City or Boston or Chicago.

But it seems Propecia and its reported not-so-nice sexual side effects don’t discriminate—or at least not obviously so. Take a look above—the gray states are those from which LawyersandSettlements.com has received comments and complaints from guys sharing their Propecia sex problem stories. There’s no readily discernible pattern as to where guys who’ve taken Propecia and experienced sexual problems live. Propecia problems, it seems, have been happening allover. (And no, Hawaii and Alaska aren’t here, nor have I included Canada—but we’ve heard complaints from each).

To be clear, we’re not talking a low-key kind of sexual not-in-the-mood thing. These are guys who allege the mind is willing, wanting and very in the mood, but the body is not, shall we say, ramping up to support the mood. Alleged Propecia sexual side effects include a wide range of sexual dysfunction: erectile dysfunction, inability to ejaculate, low sperm count—leading to inability to conceive, and yes, even lack of sexual desire. Not the things a virile young (or older) man wants to be dealing with as he’s in the prime of his dating years or trying to start a family or just trying to remain intimate with his wife.

And, I don’t think I need to tell you that the situation doesn’t only affect the guys here—there’s that “other half” who’s involved. After a while, a Propecia victim may find himself absent-mindedly humming a Doors’ medley that started nicely enough with “Light my Fire” (as in, “C’mon baby…”) and ended with the more frustrating ”Don’t you love her as she’s walking out the door”…as for some women, walking out will be exactly what they do.

My fear is that the above map is only the beginning as more men begin to come forward and share their stories. It takes guts to admit one’s short-comings and to reveal sexual inadequacy vs. dancing around it or remaining in denial about it takes a set of you know what—particularly when it’s as a result of trying to overcome another ego-deflator: hair loss. But if you’re in a state of sexual dysfunction and you think it’s a result of Propecia side effects, better to be in a state that’s complaining vs. a state of denial. Get some help.

Tags: Erectile Dysfunction, Hair Loss, Propecia, Propecia Lawsuit, Propecia Sex Problems, Propecia Sexual Dysfunction
Posted in Defective Products, Drugs/Medical, Emerging Issues | 8195No Comments »2011-07-24+13%3A34%3A39AbiK

Medtronic Under Fire with Questions of Financial Conflict

July 7th, 2011. By Hunter West

A blockbuster investigation by some print media outlets has spurred a US Senate Finance committee to start beating the bushes once again around the medical devices industry.

There are many questions:

How safe are the products that wind up in your body?

What do the manufacturers know about potential safety issues, but aren’t telling?

Why is it okay for a doctor or surgeon to be paid by a medical device manufacturer? And can you really trust what a doctor [who is paid by the device maker] says about that device?

Do you feel like a guinea pig?

It was revealed yesterday through a series of articles published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today that there is some controversy surrounding Medtronic Infuse, a popular bioagent known as bone morphogenetic protein-2, designed to foster bone growth required for spinal fusions.

Infuse was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002 and doctors love it. It’s easy to work with. And you don’t have to harvest a patient’s own bone from elsewhere, in order to accomplish the surgery. You have to love something that allows a surgery to proceed faster, and more easily.

But here’s the rub—and the reason for the Senate Committee investigation. It seems that a cadre of surgeons around the country were paid by the device manufacturer, Medtronic. Those same surgeons with financial ties to Medtronic were involved both in the clinical trials for Infuse, Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Infuse, Medtronic
Posted in Defective Products, Drugs/Medical | 81321 Comment »2011-07-07+17%3A57%3A09Hunter+West

Coolest Gadget to Protect Kids from Cell Phone Radiation

June 29th, 2011. By AbiK

You cannot beat this one for its coolness. It’s retro, it’s comfortable to hold, it’s available in a rainbow of colors, and it’s relatively cheap ($29.99 at Amazon.com). And hell, Lenny Kravitz has been spotted using one on the street. In black, in case you’re wondering.

Ahh, but there’s more. The POP Phone—officially, the Native Union Moshi Moshi Pop Phone—has another benefit: it makes it possible to pull a cell phone away from your ear (and that cerebral mass that’s housed just behind the ear) thereby also pulling away that fearsome cell phone radiation that everyone’s been talking about. After all, that’s the greatest beef about cell phone radiation—that the need to hold a cell phone directly against your head doesn’t leave mush travel time or distance for those radiation waves to traverse they skip over to your brain.

Not that there haven’t been alternatives to the POP Phone—and the POP Phone’s been around for awhile, too. But tech gadgets like a Bluetooth earpiece must seem so”oh dad uses that in the car for work” and, therefore, the height of it’s-just-not-cool. Of course, an earpiece or earbuds do allow for that hands-free experience—but in my experience with kids, hands-free means their hands are somewhere else…

Like a steering wheel, and I’d rather my kids have their hands on some bigger, bulkier contraption that might force them to shut-up and drive vs. thinking they’re the kings of multi-tasking behind the wheel. Kids + distraction typically yields not much good—and until we have more stringent laws banning the use of cell phones, smart phones, and any other mobile device that encourages distracted driving, I’m all for phone calls that are more of a pain in the a$$ to make in the car.

Detractors of the POP phone tend to site the “where do you put it?” conundrum—as in, when you’ve ended the phone call. Used to be you’d “hang up the phone”, only there’s no place to hang. I have no doubt that between kids’ ingenuity and a few hot designers from Target, that problem won’t be a problem for long.

Tags: Amazon.com, Cell Phone Radiation, Hands-free Phone, Lenny Kravitz, Native Union Moshi Moshi, POP Phone
Posted in Defective Products | 8209No Comments »2011-06-29+14%3A02%3A23AbiK