jordy

Hey Pot, yeah it's Kettle. What's up???

Almost 4 million vehicles and it's the 4th largest in Ford history??? That's reassuring.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. (F) on Wednesday said it was recalling nearly 4 million pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in the United States because of a faulty speed control deactivation switch that may cause underhood fires.

The estimated 3.8 million vehicles affected by the recall are from the 1994-2002 model years and include the Ford F-150 pickup as well as the Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator and Ford Bronco SUVs, the second-largest U.S. automaker said.

Ford spokeswoman Kristen Kinley said the recall is the fourth largest in Ford's history.

Ford said the brake fluid in the recalled vehicles may leak through the speed control deactivation switch into the speed control system electrical components, potentially corroding them and leading to fires.

The second-largest U.S. automaker in January recalled about 792,000 pickup trucks and SUVs for a similar problem involving the speed control switch.

The recall involved some of Ford's biggest money-makers from 2000 model-year F-150 pickup trucks, Expedition and Navigator SUVs and 2001 model-year F-Series Supercrew pickup trucks equipped with cruise control.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been investigating the recalled Ford vehicles since early this year after the safety agency received about 68 complaints of fires from customers.

stecz20

yes i know, i heard it on the way to work this morning... ill take my foot out of my ass later tonight....