i thought they already fixed the switch. oh well it gives toyota some recall competition.

I think they already recalled some faulty control switches on the F-150… I know I had a recall for something on my F-150, haven’t gotten it fixed yet though.

Phew that’s a hell lot of recalls though.

Again? This happened years ago I owned an 01 Mountaineer Premier and it was recalled for the same issue - in 2002.

Maybe they did fix your RSPINAJR they are just expanding the recall to include more vehicles. WHere are the ford Flamers? I had expected to see 12 pages of DIE FORD DIE! when i clicked on this story. This isn’t really anything big, its probably a 10 minute job to change a 10 dollar part. Its not as bad as broken cam shafts or ball joints that all of a sudden desintegrate.

That sucks

Had it done on the F150. Took 10 or 15 minutes. Just some stupid new switch on the cruise control (which worked ok for me, but whatever). No big deal.

Jeeps got the same recall for Grand Cherokee’s made from 01-04 or something. I wonder if they got the same switch from the same manufacturer.

Typical of Ford.

Agree with CTSdriver.

typical of ford? its a $10 switch made in japan most likely, typical comment there sunshine. musclestang said it rite, better than a a cerain manufacturers camshaft breaking or the same manufacturers engine sludge there buckaroo. something like this is meaningless and kudos to ford for voluntarily fixing it, cant say the same for the engine sludge problem now can we there sunshine.

95 of these recalls are usually some switch that needs changed out or they need to re route a hose or wire so it won’t get damaged.

ooooooooo biggie whippty do die dee

Vehicle fire no bg deal? You children sure will reach far to somehow relate this to Toyota….

I don’t think Ford should be praised for a voluntary recall on 15 year old cars. And just because one auto manufacturer has problems doesn’t let another off the hook. So just because Toyota sucks with recalls and has dangerous parts failures doesn’t make spontaneously combusting Fords ok.

Toyota set Ford up for a recall. That was probably a Toyota part in those recalled Fords. (Just taking Random Jerk’s challenge here)

This recall is over a year old. Ford just added a few more cars to it. This is the anti american media for you.

Technically they didn’t have to do a recall on any of these vehicles. There have not been what is considered an abnormal number of fires in these vehicles. From what I understand, it’s just that they’re pretty sure some of those fires in Crown Vics all had the same cause. But, NHTSA wasn’t involved in initiating it.

The fire danger in these cars is not like the F-150 where the brake fluid was right by the switch. In these cars, there could be a fire if the switch tripped and caught something else on fire, but it was unlikely to be that dangerous (although could be if you were driving and you freaked out and crashed). However, customers were concerned, and that seemed to be enough here.

I think it was a good move. It makes me think even more highly of Ford’s new management. At least they don’t have to get taken to court to initiate recalls like some automakers or like they themselves used to.

A recall is a recall, happens with just about every other car manufacturer

I’ve never even heard of one of these things catching on fire…and if one did. I am so sure the media would of had it on the front page and on every website “FORD ALMOST BURNS DOWN UNITED STATES BUY A PRIUS!!!!”

This recall is just an expansion of a failed part from a supplier. The supplier was Texas Instruments. Ford just gets all of the bad news with someone elses bad quality…pathetic American media to get to the bottom of it! Ford notified the government of their action, that was not brought on by force…Ford did it in advance of being made to!! This is exactly what Toyota and Honda does when they know of a problem. The difference is Ford is the bitch boy for the media! Fair and balenced is what we want to see in the news…otherwise its not really news, just opinions.

Terminator: exactly. Yet they keep promoting their **** in America anyway. Hypocritical, isn’t it? If they’re so anti-US, why don’t they move their asses elsewhere?

My comment about this being typical of Ford is not about this specific recall but about all the recalls Ford does and all the recalls they need to do. In my opinion after driving all the ford products (only Ford brand and except the GT), I can honestly say that they make many of the worst driving cars ever. The plastics used are just of such low quality. The interior looks like a 1990s car. American cars have come a long way but so has all the other manufacturers. The problem is the companies raise the bar with every redesign while the American companies play catch up. I would rather buy a Hyundai over a Ford. At least I get a better warranty.

Hopefully this might help silence all of you moron, delusional Ford fanboys.

Muscle: you remember the “expose” on the “fire-prone” GM trucks?

Sunshine: i’d buy SOME hyundais over SOME Fords. Santa Fe over Escape, for example.

Lambo: “hopefully,” means “in a hopeful manner.”

What you meant was “I am hopeful that this might help silence all of you moron, delusional Ford fanboys.”

Eh, no big deal. A bit of a financial sting, but nothing too major hopefully. Loving that new Escape, hopefully Ford will follow that example and give me a reason to stop loathing them so much.

i dont know what ford did to come up with the escape but i think it is by a longshot their best product in 30 years, just look at how well put together the thing is, its totally uncharacteristic of their other suv`s.

Ford sucks, I guess they need to take a page out of GM’s stellar quality and reliability reputation huh? Never mind, Ford should be flushed down the toilet once and for all. They’re a complete joke of what they used to be back in the 60’s.

Just remember folks, for every spontanous combusting Ford out there, there is a perfectly trouble free, super reliable GM car waiting in the wings to take you in.

like a sunfire or cavalier?^^^^

This is typical Ford.

Found On Road Dead, Fix Or Repair Daily didn’t just happen overnight. Die Ford die!

CTS I had an ‘83 cavalier that I was still driving in’97, with nearly 200K when I got hit and it wrecked. The only bad j-body was the Cadillac Cimmaron

Actually, I drove that cavalier until ‘98

jack, remember the weird looking toyotas from the mid 1990`s when they all looked like the supra, i still see the cavaliers from that time but where did the funny looking toyotas go? i see the generations before and after but not those. i saw one yesterday and it had got me wondering.
i give you credit for properly maintaining the cavalier, if you just pay a little attention to american cars they are very reliable, but its all about preventitave maintanance.
god damn dont remind anybody about the cimmaron i see those everywhere still, ugggggh.

I had a Cavalier Z24 in 1998. Not bad, it had a peppy little engine that growled like a little Mustang. It was kind of fun, until you hit the brakes. Then it sounded like a Jack-in-the-Box was exploding, DOING! BOING! PING! Apparently that was GM’s version of an “Anti-Lock Braking System.” Right….

Oh, and then the ball joints went, the trunk lock fell apart, the gas line came loose, one of the gaskets cracked, the muffler fell out, and the electrical system crapped out.

Aside from all that, it was a good little car.

I think it is commendable that Ford is voluntarily recalling cars as old as 15 years.

Deanster, my ‘03 Acura RSX’s a/c went out last week. I was told it would be almost $1,200 to repair. Yeah, I got a few more opinions. I’ll sweat for a while. But I’m now one step closer to a new Silverado.

If your willing to put yourself on the waiting list for new Silverados I can probably get you one in about 12 months. GMcan’t build em fast enough. Now a used, low mileage Ford, Dodge, Nissan or Tundra I have a million of those things that have been traded (suckers who will take anything, even 10k below book just to get out of their POS and into a Silverado) so you have your pick if you want.

Ford buyers are such fools.

Syclone: glad to see you coming to the good side. It won’t take you a year to get one, unless it’s got a corvette engine in it

Aside from all that, it was a good little car.

Comment by Deanster, posted on August7 at 4:32 pm
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lmao!!!!!

thanks jackjimturkey. although I like to think that i never technically left - because of my Syclone (a GMC).

SORRY TO HEAR THE BAD NEWS……. FORD NEEDS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT BY DOING THE RIGHT THING.