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..Fords...

Faulty Cruise Controls Lead to Major Recall
New York -WABC, January 27, 2005

The Ford Motor Company is about to announce a major recall of over 792,000 Ford vehicles. The problem: fires caused by faulty cruise control systems.

The entire 2000 model year of the Navigator, Expedition and F150 truck will be recalled along with a limited number of 2001 F150 Super Cabs.

The federal government is reportedly investigating the problem, after examining 39 incidents. In some of the cases, garages and even a house have burned down.

There are no reports of fatalities or injuries.

Investigators are not sure if other model year vehicles might have the same problem.

In 1999 Ford had to recall many Lincolns and Crown Victorias because of the same problem.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Friggin Ford.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Fires caused by cruise control......... jeezus. What's next.

Fixed
Or
Repaired
Daily

-S.S.-

 

[ET_SoCal]

... Images of a Flaming Ford in Cruise Control rolling down the highway in my mind...

 

[Ridemonkey]

Doesn't Dodge have a recall like this every other month? The last one was Durangos and Dakotas because the front wheels could fall off.

 

[JSB]

Not surprised.
Will there be a day when Amercian car manufacturers build quality over quantity?
I doubt it.

 

[JSB]

Doesn't Dodge have a recall like this every other month? The last one was Durangos and Dakotas because the front wheels could fall off.

My co-workers Saturn Vue had one. It came out when he was on a road trip to Colorado. When he got back we asked him if his wheels fell off. Of course he gave us the finger.

 

[T-Dog]

Well I happen to have a 2000 F-150 and love that truck.....never any problem of any kind, (many miles of pulling horse trailers, tent trailers etc.) I'm sure they'll fix it....39 cases out of millions of rigs isn't that signifigant to me.

 

[-BB-]

Oh what a feeling to die... FORD.

 

[jacksonpt]

Doesn't Dodge have a recall like this every other month? The last one was Durangos and Dakotas because the front wheels could fall off.

The durrangos have had an unusually high number of recalls - so high that a couple of the local USED car dealers won't take durangos in on trades... they say it's too much of a PITA to deal with all the recalls and actually get a used durango sold.

 

[jdcamb]

The durrangos have had an unusually high number of recalls - so high that a couple of the local USED car dealers won't take durangos in on trades... they say it's too much of a PITA to deal with all the recalls and actually get a used durango sold.

But hey its gotta a Hemi in it??

 

[SkaredShtles]

Doesn't Dodge have a recall like this every other month? The last one was Durangos and Dakotas because the front wheels could fall off.

I'm sure............

I like the old quote:

"I know it's a P.O.S. Ford. But at least it isn't a Dodge! "

Hehehehehe.

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

Well I happen to have a 2000 F-150 and love that truck.....never any problem of any kind, (many miles of pulling horse trailers, tent trailers etc.) I'm sure they'll fix it....39 cases out of millions of rigs isn't that signifigant to me.

Good on ye.

I just expect my cars to last for 250,000 miles with minimal problems.......

Besides, yours is practically brand new.

-S.S.-

 

[mobius]

Meh my Found On Road Dead exploder is holding up fine. Very few repairs and its 10 years old in may with 90k miles on it (mom drove it around town till last year when they gave me it).

 

[T-Dog]

Good on ye.

I just expect my cars to last for 250,000 miles with minimal problems.......

Besides, yours is practically brand new.

-S.S.-

250K/ minimal problems? Better go asian for that.

Worst problem I've had was carpet cleaning after ghostrider slowly emptied (by resting his foot on it) a full camelbak of gatorade on the front floor.

 

[dan-o]

Good on ye.

I just expect my cars to last for 250,000 miles with minimal problems.......

Besides, yours is practically brand new.

-S.S.-

Do you consider replacing your subaru engine a "minimal problem"?

 

[clancy98]

my mom's town and country had a super long list of recalls. alot of which involved things like "fuel lines bursting into flames", "leaking gas tanks" "catastrophic failure of seals," ect...

 

[SkaredShtles]

Do you consider replacing your subaru engine a "minimal problem"?

Actually I did, since I got it so cheap........

Of course, I come from a family of engine-replacers.

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

my mom's town and country had a super long list of recalls. alot of which involved things like "fuel lines bursting into flames", "leaking gas tanks" "catastrophic failure of seals," ect...

Was it a "completely redisigned model" year?

-S.S.-

 

[I Are Baboon]

Do you consider replacing your subaru engine a "minimal problem"?

My Subaru transmission had to be replaced after 8,000 miles and five trips to the dealer. No manufacturer is completely free of defects. The car has been great ever since.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Meh my Found On Road Dead exploder is holding up fine. Very few repairs and its 10 years old in may with 90k miles on it (mom drove it around town till last year when they gave me it).

At 90k I consider a car "barely broken in".........

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

My Subaru transmission had to be replaced after 8,000 miles and five trips to the dealer. No manufacturer is completely free of defects. The car has been great ever since.

Automatic?

I'd never own an automatic in a Subaru. Call me paranoid.

-S.S.-

 

[I Are Baboon]

Automatic?

Yes, automatic.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Yes, automatic.

I'll say a prayer for you tonight............

-S.S.-

 

[BigHit-Maniac]

Meh my Found On Road Dead exploder is holding up fine. Very few repairs and its 10 years old in may with 90k miles on it (mom drove it around town till last year when they gave me it).

My 95' Thunderbird LX has a smidge over 163,000 miles on it, and it runs like a champ. The lady that owned it before me had the tranny swapped out, and I did the minor work that it needed when I bought it. It needed a fuel pump, fuel filter, PCV hoses, MAF sensor cleaning, and brake pads. I bought the car knowing these problems, and fixed them all myself for a little under $400. While I was on it, I threw on a nice-sounding cat-back exhaust with dual Flow's, and she sounds GOOD.

Now I just need some 18"x9.5" Cobra R's with Pirelli P-Zero's. :love:

All Ford's aren't that bad.

Dodge's are THE worst for recalls & defective parts, for sure. We've had our Plymouth Grand Voyager in for like 6 recalls, and one was the damned transmission! (my parents van, I don't own it).

I must say, for only paying ~$2400 for my car, I'm very pleased with it. Mechanically speaking, it's SOUND.

-Matt

 

[DRB]

My Subaru transmission had to be replaced after 8,000 miles and five trips to the dealer. No manufacturer is completely free of defects. The car has been great ever since.

The best I've heard was my friends Toerag had 100 miles on it some electronic wire in the transmission broke trashed the transmission and drive train. Since its a new model no one had a transmission or drive train parts to fix it. A month later.....

 

[dan-o]

My Subaru transmission had to be replaced after 8,000 miles and five trips to the dealer. No manufacturer is completely free of defects. The car has been great ever since.

I wasn't bashing Subarus, had several myself with generally good results. I was just curious about SS's idea of minimal. Personally, I don't expect vehicles to be problem free and every brand I've owned (US, asian and euro) have had issues.

 

[DHS]

Meh my Found On Road Dead exploder is holding up fine. Very few repairs and its 10 years old in may with 90k miles on it (mom drove it around town till last year when they gave me it).

haha i had to think about the first part of your sentance. i thought you really stole it off the side of the road. hey they left it there....

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>I was just curious about SS's idea of minimal.

I'd say if it's got 100k+ miles and you only take it to the shop a couple times a year, you're doing well!

My Subaru had: engine, rear wheel bearing, and a starter in the 75k miles I owned it (~125k-200k)

I don't count the brakes or the tires, since they're wear items.

-S.S.-

 

[surfinguru]

A giant corrugated METAL DOOR opens.

JACK (V.O.)
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

Two TECHNICIANS lead Jack to the BURNT-OUT SHELL of a WRECKED AUTOMOBILE. Jack sets down his briefcase, opens it and starts to make notes on a CLIP BOARDED FORM.

JACK (V.O.)
I'm a recall coordinator. My job is to apply the formula. It's a story problem.

TECHNICIAN #1
Here's where the infant went through the windshield. Three points.

JACK (V.O.)
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 miles per hour. The rear differential locks up.

TECHNICIAN #2
The teenager's braces around the backseat ashtray would make a good "anti-smoking" ad.

JACK (V.O.)
The car crushes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now: do we initiate a recall?

TECHNICIAN #1
The father's must've been huge. See how the fat burnt into the driver's seat with the polyester shirt? Very "modern art".

JACK (V.O.)
Take the number of vehicles in the field (A), multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X...

 

[Lexx D]

Well I happen to have a 2000 F-150 and love that truck.....never any problem of any kind, (many miles of pulling horse trailers, tent trailers etc.) I'm sure they'll fix it....39 cases out of millions of rigs isn't that signifigant to me.

Well sure their trucks are ok. That's what they need to focus on since the cars are all peices of shyt. Either way go try to trade it in and you'll owe thou$ands more than it's worth(unless you paid cash which most ford owners don't)