Ford Recalling Millions Of Vehicles Because Of Faulty Switches

[Nomad559]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/16/ford.recall/index.html

Two years after his wife of 34 years died in a fire, an Iowa man continues to maintain the blaze was started by a faulty cruise control switch under the hood of her 1996 Ford F-150 pickup truck -- while it was parked in the garage attached to his home.

Although Ford has denied -- and continues to deny -- the switch started the fire that killed 74-year-old Dolly Mohlis in 2005, the company recently settled a lawsuit brought against it by Earl Mohlis. And last week, it issued a recall of an estimated 3.6 million vehicles -- bringing the total recalled over the past decade to more than 10 million -- every single car and truck built with a similar cruise control switch.

Dolly Mohlis woke up smelling smoke in May 2005, Earl Mohlis has told CNN. She woke him to find out the source while she called 911. When he looked in the garage, he said, he saw the truck was in flames.

Earl Mohlis said he opened the garage door to try to get the truck out, but the wind -- blowing that night at about 50 mph -- fanned the flames, which spread to the house.

[MODemocrat]

1. We received a letter about our 2001 Ford Ranger today

My husband called the dealership immediately; they told him to come right on over; and it only took
about 10 or 15 minutes to replace the defective part. The letter said it doesn't have to be running
to ignite; it can be parked when it happens. That about scared us to death.
I'd like to urge everyone who has a Ford between 1995 and 2004 to take it in to their local
dealership to get it the switch replaced. There was no charge for it. It may save your lives.:scared: :scared:

[Banned_Wagon]

2. I received a recall for my '96 F-350

for a faulty speedometer switch or some crap.. I threw it away. My Van has over 400,000 miles. It's my company vehicle for my business. It took these idiots 10 damn years to realize this problem? Hell my speedometer works just fine.

[Banned_Wagon]

3. sorry E-350HD n/t