How many vehicles has ford recalled due to a defective cruise control?
Car recalls can save lives – and that’s why I want to pass this information along. Ford has issued it’s largest recall in history. More than 14.3 million vehicles are affected. It’s because of a defective cruise control switch that could cause a fire. There have been incidents in Ford Windstar minivans. The company is also recalling some Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles with the same switches even though there have been no reports of fires in those cars. These are older model cars – so here’s the list. All vehicles covered by the recall are from the 1992 to 2003 model years. • 1995-2003 model year Ford Windstars • 2000-2003 Ford Excursion diesels • 1993-1997 and 1999-2003 Ford F-Super Duty diesels • 1992-2003 Ford Econolines • 1995-2002 Ford Explorers and Mercury Mountaineers • 1995-1997 and 2001-2003 Ford Rangers • 1994 Ford F53 motor homes. Ford is expected to notify owners about the recall. You can then take your car to any local Ford dealer, who will make the repairs for free. N
DETROIT (AP) — Ford (F) said Tuesday it will add 4.5 million older-model vehicles to the long list of those recalled because a defective cruise control switch could cause a fire. The latest voluntary action pushes Ford’s total recall due to faulty switches to 14.3 million registered vehicles over 10 years, capping the company’s largest cumulative recall in history involving a single problem. The recall covers 1.1 million Ford Windstar minivans that had a small risk of fire due to internal leaking from the switches. Ford said in a letter to federal regulators that it found a small number of reported fires linked to the problem during an internal investigation that began last year, but did not specify how many. The remaining 3.4 million vehicles are Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models. Ford said there were no reports of fires with those models, most of them trucks and sport-utility vehicles, but that they were included in the recall because they use the same switches. All vehicles covered b
