Saturday, February 14, 2026
a Ford C-Max driver died after suffering from hydrogen sulfide poisoning a few years ago, which was allegedly caused by fumes entering the cabin because the vehicle's vent tubing wasn't connected to the battery. That prompted a lawsuit
Douglas Finnell - died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in the cab of his pickup. This occurred back in 2024, after Finnell hitched up a trailer and headed out to take a trip from Ohio to Virginia. He never returned home, prompting his wife to file a missing person's report, and Finnell was found by police in his truck, parked at a rest stop in West Virginia, with the engine running and the fuel gauge on empty.
Subsequent testing indeed found high carbon monoxide levels inside the cabin, as well as the presence of sulfuric acid on the outside of the battery. An inspection found that “fumes and pieces of particles were entering through the vent and releasing hydrogen sulfide gas fumes and/or gas fumes and/or exhaust fumes into the occupant compartment of the vehicle,” the lawsuit states.
As such, the Ford F-350 Super Duty driver's family is suing Ford, the manufacturer of the battery - Johnson Controls - and the dealership that sold him the pickup, claiming that it should have been equipped with a fume detector, and that Finnell's death could have been prevented if the company had "duly addressed the safety issue posed by the battery placement near the vent in the occupant compartment and or the type of battery and acted with immediate reasonable care to prevent further injury and loss of life."
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