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Ford Recalls 4.5 Million Additional Vehicles In Switch Recall

Ford Recalls 4.5 Million Additional Vehicles In Switch Recall

Faulty Part Could Cause Fire; Largest Recall In Ford's History

Posted: Oct, 10 2009

| By: Associated Press

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A Ford assembly plant shows a row of Lincoln products from earlier in the decade. (Ford Media photo)

Ford Motor Co. says it will add 4.5 million older-model vehicles to the list of those recalled because a defective cruise control switch could cause a fire.

Ford says 1.1 million Ford Windstar minivans will be recalled for repairs due to a small risk of fires.

The company says another 3.4 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles with the same switches also will be recalled even though there have been no reports of fires. Those vehicles mainly are trucks and SUVs.

All vehicles covered by the recall are from the 1992 to 2003 model years.

Sherwood says this is Ford's seventh recall due to the Texas Instruments speed control switches. The recalls cover a total of 14.3 million vehicles and combined are the largest in Ford's history.

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sade092 Oct 16, 2009 10:20 AM

hiram517 for your information I know all about preventative maintenance this isn't the only explorer I've bought. In fact I even brought my second to 2 male mechanics in different cities ( no offense men) when I heard it skip, they both told me I was imagining it...you know being that I am a woman! I loved all my fords that is why I bought them and why I fixed them..Just stating that the tranny is a known problem!! But ford has not bothered to assist their loyal customers with an expensive problem. Therefore I'm with the rest of the blog! I'm very hesitant to by a ford again.

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wavracer87 Oct 14, 2009 10:40 PM

It seemsreal convenient for ford ,to be able to wait so many years before recalling these cars,most of them are already off the road or sitting next to it,and as for the 15 minutes to make the repairs,that is after several hours of waiting ,THEN it only takes 15 minutes,after waiting all these years whats another 15 minutes

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cairconnec Oct 14, 2009 2:25 PM

Fix Or Repair Daily !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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heatherflea Oct 14, 2009 1:30 PM

I work for ford and the recall has nothing to do with your cruise control working or not... they install a fused jumper harness to the cruise control so it pops the fuse instead of over heating and catching the cruise control on fire... this recall is NOT a new one... its been around for months and months... they are no just adding cars to it.... oh, and if your planning on going in for this recall... it should ONLY take 15 min of your time and the techs should be able to do it right in the parking lot weather permitting.

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charlesqueenc Oct 14, 2009 1:23 PM

And they wonder why their all going down the tube.There is no real reason for these things to happem Using sheap outsourcing and very poor quality control are 2 good reasons

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