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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    In the automotive corporate world, they aren't fires, they're thermal incidents.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    I guess I'd better line my desk drawer with Nomex; there's a TI-82 in there...
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    10/14/09

    @MushyHeirloom: I got a TI-83 staring back at me right now. I'm trying to figure out which stack of paper I want to strategically leave it on when I go home each night. If I can get all the paperwork in one large stack, then dilemma solved.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    And unlike Pintos in the '70s and Crown Vic cop cars in the '80s and '90s, these Ford products combust without requiring a rear end collision to initiate it. Time to swing by your dealership and pick up a Ford-branded fire extinguisher...
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    Image of Roberto Grijalva Roberto Grijalva
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    I thought all Fords from 1993-2003 were traded in during C4C??
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    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment Roberto Grijalva was starred Roberto Grijalva was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/14/09

    @Roberto Grijalva: They ran out of money before all of them could be turned in. It's funny that the US gov't (a.k.a we) paid in getting rid of some of Fords' problems.
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    Image of KAR120C KAR120C
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    So by virture of the fact that they're fixing it, I'm guessing it costs less than $11 per car to take care of?
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    MushyHeirloom approved this comment KAR120C was starred KAR120C was unstarred
    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    Toyota laughs at you Ford. Everyone knows a couple of zip ties at 12 cents a piece will fix this whole thing and make it go away.
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    Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was starred Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/14/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II: Toyota's only laughing to make light of its own NHTSA investigation concerning its trucks rusting. Not to mention the floor mat recall.

    You know better than to actually imply that Toyotas are better than Fords.
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    10/14/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I'm just saying they are much more creative with the zip tie. The assembly line has nothing on that.
     Reply
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    Image of clinto clinto
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    "Ford's fix is to have dealers install a fused wiring harness that will eliminate the risk of fire, but not replace the faulty switch itself.".

    Yes, because God forbid you actually fix the dammed problem. If you actually fixed it correctly, you wouldn't have a chance to make some money off it!

    But as is now, when the fusible link melts and the vehicle is towed to you, you have a chance to soak your customer for some more dollars! Awesome! I totally see what you did there.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    10/14/09

    @clinto: If the fuse blows, I think the car still works, the cruise control just doesn't work.
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    Image of clinto clinto
    10/14/09

    @philibuster:

    Valid point.

    But people will still want their cruise control to work, no?
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    10/15/09

    @clinto: God damnit, nobody is ever going to top Toyota's zip tie fix. But guess what, that isn't going to make news. Neither is the truck frame problem. But this Ford cruise control thing will.

    I bet you anything that the problem isn't the fucking switch. I know from personal experience, that the general public knows jack shit about cars. So when they mean switch, they really mean something else.

    BTW: 14 million vehicles? Of which, two persons have died? Thats half the people killed by Toyota.

    Dig it.
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    Image of 2vnms4u 2vnms4u
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    Still trying to get my mind around the apparent fact that they sold 14M of those vehicles. Including the Excursion diesels is probably what skewed the numbers.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    Put some zip ties on it.
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    10/14/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: Its the new "that will buff right out."
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    Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was starred Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    10/14/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II: Or the new duct tape.
     Reply
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    14,000,000 * $21 = $294,000,000

    The amount roughly TI charged from FoMoCo for defective stuff.
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    10/14/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: More likely that they paid $0.12 for the switch.

    That's about like the government charging $30,000 for a toilet seat. It's not really worth that much, and the money has got to go somewhere...
     Reply
    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom was starred BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    Good thing for Ford that so many of these vehicles were recently taken off the road.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    10/14/09

    @Alfisted:

    I don't believe in coincidences.
     Reply
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    At least it's not a problem with mat control.
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    Image of Maxx Cracker Maxx Cracker
    10/14/09

    In reply to Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever
    They seem to have problems with vehicles exploding or catching fire, don't they?
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    P161911 probably shoudn't have promoted this comment Maxx Cracker was starred Maxx Cracker was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    10/14/09

    @Maxx Cracker: As far back as the late 1980's Fords have been recalled for major fire hazards. First it was ignition switches, now this.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/15/09

    @Maxx Cracker: I thought I remembered some other electrical fire reports from Ford a few years ago... wow, look at all I found...

    [www.consumeraffairs.com]
    [www.consumeraffairs.com]
    [www.consumeraffairs.com]
    [www.switchfires.com] #recalls
     Reply
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    09/01/09

    In reply to This Corvair Is Exactly Why We Need The Evergreen 747 Supertanker
    Rest in peace, ass-engine Yankee grocery getter.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    09/01/09

    In reply to This Corvair Is Exactly Why We Need The Evergreen 747 Supertanker

    Gee, it's look just about as good as this:
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