Ford Recalls 1.2 Million Vehicles for Cruise Control Defects

Do you own one of these potential lemon Ford or lemon Mercury vehicles?

• 1994 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 1995 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 1996 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 1997 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 1998 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 1999 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 2000 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 2001 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 2002 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 trucks
• 1994 Ford Econoline van
• 1995 Ford Econoline van
• 1996 Ford Econoline van
• 1996 Ford E-450 truck
• 1997 Ford E-450 truck
• 1998 Ford E-450 truck
• 1999 Ford E-450 truck
• 2000 Ford E-450 truck
• 2001 Ford E-450 truck
• 2002 Ford E-450 truck
• 1998 Ford Explorer SUV
• 1998 Mercury Mountaineer SUV
• 2000 Ford Excursion SUV
• 2001 Ford Excursion SUV
• 2002 Ford Excursion SUV

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Ford is recalling about 1.2 million pickups, SUVs and vans because a faulty speed control “deactivation” switch may overheat and catch fire. In 2005 it was reported that Ford recalled about 5 million trucks for the same problem, over 3 million of them in the US. You can find out more about that earlier recall by clicking here.

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About 20 million of the switches are used in both Ford and non-Ford vehicles, but Rae Tyson, a spokesman for the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (the federal government department in charge of vehicle recalls), said similar problems have not been found in non-Ford vehicles.

In September 2005, Ray Nevi, an assistant director at Ford, was quoted by CNN as saying that "Our customers can be confident that this action will prevent a speed control deactivation switch fire." Apparently Ford wasn’t so confident so it added another 1.2 million vehicles in this new recall.

Federal safety investigators had been looking into the fire problem since March 2005 and said that the switch can internally short circuit, resulting in an engine compartment fire that can happen while the vehicle is parked and the ignition is off. If you’ve got a Ford lemon, call us at 1-888-331-6422 or email us today for a Free Case Review!

How big is the problem? If the combined total of 6.7 million vehicles being recalled (including 5.8 million in the United States) had been done in a single recall, it would be the fourth-largest recall ever, topped only by Ford’s 1996 recall of 7.9 million vehicles for ignition switches and two by General Motors, according to NHTSA data, the Detroit News reported.

Ford stopped using the “flammable defective” Texas Instruments-manufactured switch after Ford’s model year 2002. Still, the $20 part has burned up dozens of cars and spawned about 1,500 complaints to the federal government.

If you own a Ford lemon F series truck or a Ford lemon SUV or a Mercury lemon SUV or another Ford lemon or Mercury lemon, you may be entitled to your money back or a new vehicle. Call us at 1-888-331-6422 or email us today for a Free Case Review!

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