well let’s gas up the hate machine and get started! who wants to go first?

Too bad 1115 is gone… This would have been fun, no one else can spew hate and BS like him.

good job ford…

Geez leftwing, you’re awfully sensitive today. Granted objectivity can be a rare commodity around here sometimes but as 2WheeledSpeed alludes to this site now reads like a child’s tea-party compared to ‘back in the day’. But I agree with you… it’s far more entertaining when you don’t have to sift through all the garbage.

Who’s next? Chrysler?

like I said before, the only American car I am willing to buy is the Corvette ZR-1, Escalate, CTS-V, Charger, among others.

Since this part was made by Texas Instruments, does that mean my calculator can catch fire too?

2WheeledSpeed, great point. Don’t know about fires, but that explain errors made by members of this blog on their SAT caused by faulty TI calculators.

Makes Pontiac recall look innocuous.

Holy recall week! Someone’s been busy.

Seriously?…cruise control, again?

I think that cars today have too many features installed onto cars. Some of them seem unnecessary like cruise control. Especially if you don’t travel much.

Reliability would be much more better if car companies weren’t whoring out features left and right.

yeah, get rid of the air bag, i never had to use it!

Stix, wait until cars start driving themselves…

Anyone else find it a bit odd that Toyota had a massive, rather scary recall about floor mats that might not even be a floor mat issue, and then all of a sudden a bunch of other makes are issuing really big recalls? I’m betting there will be more tomorrow, too.

I could be very wrong… I sure hope so…

My friend had a 1992 Explorer that got stuck in cruise control at 70 and he didnt realize until he went to get off the exit… good thing he wasn’t a lexus driver cause he figured out how to put it in neutral.

@ICEMAN

Idiot. I’m not talking about seat belts and air bags. I’m talking about features like cruise control and that “tire pressure monitoring system”. Now I would have included satellite navigation and XM Radio, but thank god they’re only optional.

Believe it or not, there are certain things that you can live WITHOUT.

Masshole, do you always crack jokes at the expense of the deceased? The guy was a cop and obviously knew what and how to do, however since it was Lexus, the gear shifter is not floating like in old Fords. You could shift into any gear in Ford and it was part of another recall (or few recalls).

What they need to do to fix this is zip-tie the exhaust manifold to the steering pump.

is ford turning into toyota with all these recalls ?

Stix,
People nowadays are used to things like cruise control and tire pressure monitoring systems and oil monitoring systems and MP3 jacks and cup holders and you name it! YOU might be ok with a car without all these (and other) things, but the average American isn’t and the auto industry knows it. Cars simply wouldn’t sell without these kinds of things.

PUH-leaze!!! This is OLD FORD trucks/vans.
Cruise control? I use it like 6 times a day every SINGLE day in my 2008 Mercury Mariner. NOOO PROBLEMS!! Most people don’t even use cruise control.
New Ford cars are much, much better in quality. Like the article said (if you morons don’t even read the whole thing) that they stopped in 2003. This is old news with F-series from 4 years ago. So, its on old Windstars and old Explorers now. Nearly every Windstars and Explorers in America are thrown in junk pile due to cash for clunkers program! No worries here, boys!

Toyota is lot worse in recalls. Rust under 2003 pickup bed?? Transmission problems in late 2000’s Camry? Stuck accelator pedals? Ekkkk!!

Smegley, don’t be silly. Zip ties don’t grow on trees you know. What are they going to use for engine mounts?

at lease this is a real mechanical problem…and not like Toyota’s stupid floor mat…..and this recall is any better??

So Leftwing, did it take as long as you had expected

What is the point of this recall?? Most of these crappy Windstars and Explorers are already scrapped off our roads. This may actually be a good thing that they catch fire lol, this will help stimulate our economy and help the environment by forcing these losers to buy a newer and better car. Too bad Toyotas are not catching fire.

Thats my opinion, RESPECT IT!!!

Good…Ford needs to be held accountable for their mistakes.

Now…if we can only get Ford to realize that spark plugs are supposed to stay in the head of the engine.

This is quite funny though…that this recall comes at a time when Ford is trying to improve their image and try and sell that they are somehow increasing quality.

Bold moves Ford…bold moves.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091013/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ford_recall

here’s more info on it…seems like FORD is getting the blame even though the part is made by Texas Ins. which happens to be no longer owned or made by them…

this problem is gone with the new cars…OLF FORD OUT…NEW FORD IN since 2003-2004

The Realist,
Huhh!?!? Improve image? They are! A recall from a suppliers product, which happened years ago, and is no longer in production, does not hurt their image as much as gm going into bankruptcy!

Elantra_touring,
coming from a new forum member, seemingly to own the GAYEST car on earth, your opinion deserves NO respect at all!!!

This is the biggest ever, bigger than Toyota 3.8millions recall.

idrinorbarsaku

sorry to offend you there, you drive a quality automobile such as a Windstar of Explorer?
What exactly makes the Elantra-Touring a gay car may I ask? What is it that you may be driving?

The new Ford products are good cars, however the 90s to mid 2000s are just crap! If you cant face that, you are a pu$$y!

Elantra-touring, don’t use Vagina name in vain; what are you Devil worshiper or something?

ehh…..whao…..gay people like elantra?? I thought they like BMW and VW

a recall of 4.5 million…… maybe….. only 700,000 of them will show up at the dealership shops to get them fixed and the rest of them are already at the junk yards getting crushed due to cash-for-clunkers program!!!!
Go Ford…. that would save tons of money for Ford!!! Sorry for Toyota….. still gonna have to PAY for every single 3.8 million cars/trucks in their recalls!! HAHAHAHA

It’s good that Fords taking care of their problems without the help of us taxpayers.

Buy American, Buy Ford !!

no, actually, we currently own a 2007 saturn aura xr, 2008 passat, and a 2009 Focus…no windstar will ever set foot/tire on our driveway! I never even said something bad about ford, so wtf are talking about, “The new Ford products are good cars, however the 90s to mid 2000s are just crap! If you cant face that, you are a pu$$y!”???
Gay people like bmw & vw…haha…spoken well by people who probably can’t even afford either one of them!!

all the new noobs on this forum are tearing this place down…LLN is not what it used to be…probably because the moderators, if any, COMPLETELY SUCK ASS!!

And my statement doesn’t mean you the person driving the car is the GAYEST person on earth, the car is!! Learn how to f-ing READ!!!

I would like to own a VW/Audi, but I don’t feel like repairing my electrical every other month due to another faulty part.

idrinorbarsaku

Ok so Elantra-Tourings are gay according to you? Well what the hell are passats??? Who buys those is the real question? In Europe I understand. but in N/A they are over priced crap, for the same price range you could have got something alot better if you werent a MORON. Ford Focus whatever, what can I say it a econobox thats priced accordingly at leat. As for your Saturn Aura, the car is descent but by the time they brought it over Opel was readying its Insignia (was to be replacement for Aura).

The comment that ppl can not afford BMW ok, you got a point! However WV are not at all prestige or even close to luxury cars, They are the european equivalent to Chevrolet, so I think anyone can buy a VW, but only reatrds choose to do so.

Get a life, and its true most gay ppl tend to drive VW and Audi,

ahahahahahahahhaahh that’s why you are the one driving the ELANTRA!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
You only wish you could afford the passat!!! the saturn is a real sh!t pile! The focus is a great little car! You are not the one to talk about a quality car…or even “luxury”….you drive a elantra!!!!! I bet you go to every red light expecting to race someone in that pile of crap on 4 wheels! Do you have a fart can on that? fake turbo whistle on it too???
“WV are not at all prestige or even close to luxury cars”…words from a real dumb ass… all this sh!t coming from a loud mouth who drives an elantra…..LMFAO…who would have ever thought!?!?!? I never even mentioned vw being luxurious or even having “prestige”…idiot!

And also, if vw is the equivalent of chevy, and chevy is above hyundai, what exactly does that make you? A brainless idiot, who is probably still in high school, or even…middle school…who can only aford a gay elantra!
It’s really ok though…I don’t know you in real life, so I don’t give a sh!t what you drive:)…thank god!

You’re more than welcome to reply back…but just think of this before you type….YOU DRIVE A FnCKIN ELANTRA!!! WHAT A LOSER!!!

I know a really hot woman who drives a Passat. She is far from gay.

I also knew a really hot woman that drove an Elantra, and I dated her a few times. She was also far from gay.

I drive a Nissan Quest. I used to drive a PT Cruiser before that, and my mother-in-law owns a different PT Cruiser that I drive every now and then. Sometimes I drive my sister’s Kia Spectra.

What’s my point? Your car does not define you. I don’t believe that people should be pigeonholed by their cars. Sure, it does show what you like and what you don’t like, but the cars I like I simply cannot afford. I want an Audi R8 probably more than any other car, but it’s out of my reach. My budget for myself is around $16,000. A Ford Focus might be what I get, or a Smart ForTwo, or even a Nissan Cube (what can I say, the interior is actually pretty cool). I am not ashamed of what I drive, and what I like at all, and it does not define how I am with the ladies (I’m married, so only my wife matters, but women still give me their numbers). I am a man, I like women, and I love my wife. You are only defined by how you act, not what you drive.

Now, you ladies can continue the cat fight, but the only thing it will do is annoy others. Let’s save the flames for the likes of NMOFGM (both of them) and 1115.

Sorry, Borat did you want to drop the N-bomb again?
Or were you somehow indirectly asking me for grammar lesson?
Neither?
Than shut the **** up.

Ford’s looking more and more like the imports every day. Problems, problems, problems.

Shoulda bought a GM. Many hundreds of thousands of miles and not a single problem, that’s world class. That’s General Motors.

Quality? Reliability? Dependibility? Only in a GM. Nothing else comes close.\

Be American. buy American. Buy GM. An American Revolution

NMOFGM says this right after a story about a GM recall of pontiac vibes…lol…

“Not a single problem”

LMAO

yeah, johnny, i should’ve passed on commenting at LLN yesterday…wading through all the trash we’re inundated with here now just angers me…there are car sites where folks can discuss cars without every single thread degrading into brand-loyal diatribes and political wrestling…but not this one…it’s become very predictable…

Um jacka$$, the Vibe is a Toyota. A shameful, pitiful product that GM should never have aded to it’s portfolio. It brings down the Generals stellar quality reputation.

Be American. Buy American. Buy GM.

I hear you, but for better or for worse it is what makes Leftlane… well, Leftlane. Sometimes the digressions- and you have led the way when it comes to the political kind- are not only heated but surprisingly well argued on both sides. That would be the good. But when it gets down to the grade school crap… in football I think they call it garbage time… nobody wins. I’ll say again it is better than it used to be but at the risk of being trampled under the free speech parade, just maybe it’s time for the moderators to step it up a notch.

I found it very interesting how the Ford spokesman made a point of mentioning that the part is made by Texas Instruments. It’s all about PR.

johnny- I think the moderators just need to step it up on anyone whos name has the words “more oil” in it.

and that includes:
need more oil for volkswagen
need more oil for imports
need more oil for G.M.
need more oil for GM
need more oil for toyota
no more oil for GM
no more oil for toyota…

it looks pretty rediculous when you can see just how many of these idiots think theyre funny at this point, doesnt it?

I definitely second that A4, PLEASE make the “No more oil for…” people go away…

I also forgot “need more oil for GM jackass”

Absolutely pathetic. These are dangerous vehicles to own. You park your car in the garage, and overnight it catches on fire, burning down your house. Of course Ford, same like GM and Chrysler will look for the absolute cheapest suppliers to have parts manufactured that just barely meet standards and will work only during the cars warranty period. afterwards your stuck with junk that will be a constant headache. This is what happens with companies that have faced bankruptsy or were very close going bankrupt. They go cheap on everything, so if you buy a domestic car these days, your just asking for trouble in the future.

And Toyotas don’t have murdering floormats or engines that sludge up… Moron fanboy…

550 vehicles on fire is alot, its about time they did something about it jeezz…

njow sum peeps will “switc” from 4D 2 another brand.

not lexus, bcuz they suck

Toyota is lot worse, .

HM duz not have a monopoly on Quality/Reliability/Dependibility

I no a hot chivk that uses a vibe. she’n not gauy, either.

^LMAO^

Who wouldn’t like to see that?

hehe…yeah, hard for a guy with this name to avoid politics, eh? i should make a pseudonym just for car-based commentary and break LWA out just for special occasions when there’s a need to balance the right-leaning anti-government commentary, or when i want to pick up the green flag and wave it around a bit…

^ How about FarFigNewton? ^

beatus… how the hell did you understand ktulu?

I have a way with languages. Ever since I was a kid, I was the one that “translated” for the kids who only spoke broken English. I see it as a gift. Here’s what he wrote:

“Now some peeps will switch from Ford to another brand. Not Lexus, because they suck. Toyota is a lot worse. GM does not have a monopoly on Quality / Reliability / Dependability. I know a hot chick that uses a vibe. She’s not gay, either.”

and suddenly Ktulu’s cool points just went up by like….2

Beatusmongous, could you maybe develop a program we could all download to translate for us when you’re not around?

I could try, but I don’t know if I’d be THAT good.

Anything is better than nothing at this point.

I bet that by now Ford really hates Cruise Control.