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NHTSA Begins Investigating 3.7 Million Ford Pickup Trucks and SUVs: Oh Dear! The Garage Is Ablaze.
By James B. Bleeker
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has begun an investigation into the cruise control switches of Ford Motor Company's 1995-1999 and 2001-2002 F-150 pickup trucks and 1997-1999 and 2001-2002 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicles due to 218 complaints of engine fire. About 750,000 U.S.-sold F-150, Expedition, and Navigator vehicles from the 2000 model year are already under recall for a cruise control-induced fire hazard. (See "Ford's 2005 U.S. Safety Recalls Leap Past GM's: Ford Recalls About 750,000 Ford and Lincoln Pickups and SUVs in U.S.," AOI, January 2005.) For the 2000 vehicles, Ford has instructed its dealers to deactivate the cruise control switches until replacement units are available.
A recall of this extended batch of pickups and SUVs would increase Ford's 2005 U.S. safety recall total by more than 3.7 million and put it far enough ahead of General Motors for the calendar year to make catch-up challenging.
As engine fires have been reported to have spread to garages and homes, an auto safety expert with Safety Research & Strategies recommends parking an affected vehicle "away from your home,"1 say the street.
1 "NHTSA to Investigate Ford Tucks, SUVs," Chris Woodyard, USA Today, March 24, 2005, available at Yahoo! News
Sources for NHTSA investigation: "U.S. to Probe 3.7 Million Ford Pickups and SUVs," Ken Thomas, the Associated Press, March 23, 2005, at http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0503/23/autos-126582.htm and "NHTSA to Investigate Ford Tucks, SUVs," Chris Woodyard, USA Today, March 24, 2005, available at Yahoo! News
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