A decade-old problem that can lead to fires at any time, even when parked, in Ford vehicles has prompted the government to warn Ford owners to take their vehicles to a dealership immediately. Ford, however, says it will not have enough parts to make all the repairs until June. The latest recall involves 225,000 vehicles to redo the initial repair, which amounted to over 10 million cars and trucks built between 1992 and 2004 during five recalls between 2005 and 2007.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) advised consumers last month and is concerned only about half the owners visited dealers, as per Automotive News. Until the parts arrive, dealers are disconnecting the cruise control switches, which can short out if brake fluid leaks in, resulting in a possible fire. Ford is saying the chances of a fire due to the cruise switch are small. Installing a fused wiring harness is the long-term fix, but the sole supplier of said harness is struggling to supply Ford with enough parts.
The NHTSA discovered the cruise control problem in 1998, after an investigation due to complaints of engine compartment fires. In 1999, Ford issued a recall to replace cruise control switches in about 279,000 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car built for the 1992 and 1993 model years.
03/17, 9:51 AM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Tough times. Next time they need to invest more effort in QC and make sure they produce a proper product.
03/17, 10:10 AM
posted by:
planet_drive
I think the government should just warn people not to buy Fords at all!
03/17, 10:18 AM
posted by:
agent09
i like the shelby gt500, other than that, not really into fords.
maybe the 60’s mustangs.
03/17, 10:47 AM
posted by:
A4
my buddy had an explorer and the cruise control got stuck at 70mph going down an off ramp, wonder if this has to do with that
03/17, 11:25 AM
posted by:
corvette
ford sucks, better off buying a real car.
03/17, 11:35 AM
posted by:
E60M5
Ford is such a lame company. It took them a whole decade to realize that their cars can spontaneously ignite
03/17, 11:49 AM
posted by:
Pro_Lapse
I think the new Fiesta will be the start of the turnaround for Ford US but only if they bring in the hatch, the sedan should have been strangled at birth.
WTF is Flex for? The Edge might be selling now but it looks dumpy and has that silly tri-bar grille that needs to be killed off today. The F-150 restyle for 2009 looks like a failure too.
03/17, 7:58 PM
posted by:
autonut
I guess this one settles all arguments about world ****tiest car manufacturer: you can’t beat “mounted to over 10 million cars and trucks built between 1992 and 2004 during five recalls between 2005 and 2007.”.
Even Toyota will have hard time achieving those remarkable results.
LargeSchmack: pussy will not help you, you need psychiatrist.
03/17, 10:58 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
Moving on…
03/17, 10:59 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
LP, I’m sorry I ever said it’s ok to sleep with cats. Please keep your fantasies to yourself.
03/18, 1:37 AM
posted by:
jdasch1
Cruise control switch recall…another recall notice from LLN’s crack recall info network…we now are all safer because of this news…gees