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Lplate Posts: 4737 Incept: 2008-08-06 Australia	Quote: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-recal.... DETROIT (AP) -- Ford is recalling nearly 485,000 Escape SUVs to fix sticking gas pedals that can cause crashes. The worldwide recall covers Escapes from the 2001 through 2004 model years that are powered by 3-liter V-6 engines with cruise control. It comes just over a week after U.S. safety regulators began investigating the small SUVs. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received 68 complaints about the problem, including 13 crashes, nine injuries and one death. A teenage girl died when an Escape crashed in Arizona in January... Quote: While Ford said it moved quickly to fix the cruise control problem, Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer group, accused the company of knowing about the issue since 2005, but failing to take action until the government began its investigation... 2012-07-26 19:05:53 Permalink
Asimov Posts: 104066 Incept: 2007-08-26 East Tennessee Eastern Time	If it's cheaper to pay off the lawsuits than fix the problem, that's what they'll do every time with a big recall like this. ---------- It's justifiably immoral to deal morally with an immoral entity. If you trade based on what other people say, you will lose money. Especially what I say. I won't be held responsible. Festina lente. 2012-07-26 19:48:21 Permalink