Ford Motor Company said Thursday that it’s recalling nearly 800,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles to address under hood fires related to the cruise control switch.
The company said it would notify owners of nearly 792,000 F-150s, Expeditions and Navigators from the 2000 model year and 2001 F-Series Supercrews made during the same time period.
Initially, Ford will have the electrical connector from the speed control disconnected for free. The company said it is in the process of acquiring a sufficient supply of replacement speed control switches but, in the interim, its first step is to deactivate the speed control to eliminate the risk of fires. Once replacement switches are available, the company will issue a second owner notification to have the switch replaced and the speed control reconnected.
“We recognize this may be an inconvenience, but we believe this preventive action is in the best interest of our customers’ safety,” the company said.
Ford said that it is working closely with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to investigate this issue.
(via Ford Motor Company)
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I have recently purchased a 2002 Frod F-150 Super crew Cab Lariat edition. Within one month of the purchase I had to put it in the shop at the local Ford dealership for electrical problems. Is this year (2002) included in the recall. This would be good inforamtion to know while my trcuk is in the shop. I thought that things had changed for the better concerning the quality of Ford products, I trusted that and purchaed the vehickle, but it appears that my first inkling to buy a foreign vehickle may have been correct after all.
My husband had purchased a F-150 about 2 or 3 years ago and he had to make a quick stop and the brake line broke on 7/6. i want to know what was the problem with that.
On July 23,2005. My F-150 was parked for some time, when out of the blue it ignighted into flames and blew up. The truck was a total loss. It also did extensive damage to the 2005 F-350 crew cab parked next to it. Does anyone know if Ford Motor Co. covers these damages on thier own ? Or do I have to sue them?
I have a 2000 GMC Sonoma. The headlight assembly has been fogging up for the last few years and now its so foggy you can’t see the head lights.It’s starting to get dangerous. The local GM dealer said it was the worst he’s ever seen…..but did he offer any advice? NO. My next letter will be hand written to GM about the dealership and an explanation on why the headlights are so defective.
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