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Old February 28th, 2008   #1
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Default Ford recalls 4.6 million vehicles

Update: Voluntary Recall Involving Speed Control Deactivation Switch

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Ford urges owners of recalled vehicles to bring their vehicle to their dealer as soon as possible to have the speed control switch disconnected to eliminate the risk of fire.
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1997-2002 Expedition
1998-2002 Navigator
2002-2003 Blackwood
1993-1996 Bronco
2000-2003 Excursion (built prior to 11/4/02)
1992-2003 Econoline E-150/250/350
1996-2003 Econoline E450
2002-2003 Econoline E550
1998-2002 Ranger
1998-2001 Explorer/Mountaineer
2001-2002 Explorer Sport (2 door) & Sport Trac
2003-2004 F-150 Lightning
1993-2003 F-Series (Under 8500 lb. GVW)
1993-2003 F-Series (over 8500 lb. GVW) – all plants except Cuautitlan
1994-2003 F-Series (over 8500 lb. GVW) – Cuautitlan built only prior to 1/7/03
1995-2002 F-53 Motorhome
Cars:

1992-1998 Town Car
1992-1998 Crown Victoria
1992-1998 Grand Marquis
1993-1998 Mark VIII
1993-1995 Taurus SHO (automatic transmission)
1994 Capri
*equipped with speed control. Diesel engine equipped vehicles are excluded from recall


yet another reason why I do not buy fords







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Old February 28th, 2008   #2
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Default Re: Ford recalls 4.6 million vehicles

Geez, all the way back to '92? Glad we just got rid of that '01 Explorer Sport



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Default Re: Ford recalls 4.6 million vehicles

yep, Fords are bad luck to me, last ford I owned was for 5 days... before a kid pulled out in front of me doing 55 mph and Tboned his truck... no thanks... plus with the number of recalls on fords for major problems like this compared to other brands is just too much.







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Woo! Diesels are excluded!



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And my contour continues to not fail. Awesome! (I love my contour...)




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Great, not only does my F150 cost me over 100 bucks a week in fuel, the tranny fails and now it's going to catch fire...... burn baby, burn.



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FORD ROCKS !
My F 2fiddy class 3 deisel whomp ya azz up n down da street,yo!


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(if I can afford the price of deisel)



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Hell yeah man. My dad owns a chipped F350 7.3L Dually that we use to tow the Jeeps. That thing is a monster!
14MPG whether it's empty or towing 14K lbs up a mountain!



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yes my chevy 454 is the same way, 10 mpg no matter the load







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Default Re: Ford recalls 4.6 million vehicles

Yeah...I get 20+ no matter what with this 6ltr and there isn't a truck around that can touch it power wise. I do like it...but the price of fuel sux @ this time...



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