Ford makes its largest recall in the United States: 4.5 million vehicles

October 14th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, General

Ford Motor Co. will be recalling 4.5 million more vehicles, stemming from complaints that vehicle fires have been caused by leaky cruise control switches. This action, dated October 9, brings to 16 million the number of vehicles affected by this recall over the past decade, making it by far the largest US recall.Incidentally, the second-largest US recall also came from Ford. According to the notification letter sent by Ford to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Windstar minivans

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