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Wed Oct-12-05 10:11 AM
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| Bridgestone Firestone to Pay Ford $240M |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire has agreed to pay $240 million to Ford Motor Co. to settle claims related to the tiremaker's 2000 recall of defective tires, Bridgestone Firestone said Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051012/ap_on_bi_ge/bridgestone_firestone_ford_settlement |
| JNelson6563
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Wed Oct-12-05 10:16 AM
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| 1. At least Ford can make payroll another week |
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Wed Oct-12-05 10:21 AM
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| 2. Because of Bridgestones faulty tires |
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Edited on Wed Oct-12-05 10:22 AM by Orrin_73
ford lost billions of dollars of market value, this 240 million dollars will only be a drop on a hot plate.
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Wed Oct-12-05 10:34 AM
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| 3. But Ford knew that their SUVs were subject to roll over and ...... |
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.... and told owners to under inflate the tires on their SUVs to
give em better grip ...... that went along way to causing the tire
problems.
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Wed Oct-12-05 10:53 AM
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| 4. Yeah - notice how few rollovers there are now since Ford redesigned |
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Wed Oct-12-05 10:59 AM
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.... lower profile ..... less tippy ..... the tires had some fault but they were
not the chief cause.
I met a retired tire engineer in Akron ..... when you tell people to under inflate
their tires ..... they will fail ..... ford told the owners of SUV to do just that.
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