Ford_News
11-26-2013, 09:19 AM
Filed under: Budget (http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/), Recalls (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/), Crossover (http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/)
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Recalls (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/) happen. Automakers hope they won't, but they do. And that's alright, for the most part, because cars are designed (and to a large degree still made) by humans, and humans make mistakes. So we forgive them, as long as the problem is resolved. Only in the case of the Ford Escape (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/escape/), the problem seems to keep coming back.
That's why Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) is calling in the Escape yet again (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/19/2013-ford-escape-suffers-second-recall-this-week/) due to fire concerns. The issue revolves around problematic fuel lines in 9,469 units manufactured between October 5, 2011, and July 11, 2012, all of which use the 1.6-liter EcoBoost inline four-cylinder engine.
As you yourself may recall, the Escape was subject to a string of recalls last year that resulted in a $17 million fine (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/01/ford-to-pay-17-35-million-over-escape-recall/). One of them was over this very same issue (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/05/2013-ford-escape-recalled-for-third-time-again-for-fire-risk/), which Ford apparently didn't rectify the first time around. Let's hope this time is the last time.Continue reading Ford forced to recall Escape over fire risk yet again (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/26/ford-escape-fire-risk-recall/)
Ford forced to recall Escape over fire risk yet again (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/26/ford-escape-fire-risk-recall/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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Recalls (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/) happen. Automakers hope they won't, but they do. And that's alright, for the most part, because cars are designed (and to a large degree still made) by humans, and humans make mistakes. So we forgive them, as long as the problem is resolved. Only in the case of the Ford Escape (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/escape/), the problem seems to keep coming back.
That's why Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) is calling in the Escape yet again (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/19/2013-ford-escape-suffers-second-recall-this-week/) due to fire concerns. The issue revolves around problematic fuel lines in 9,469 units manufactured between October 5, 2011, and July 11, 2012, all of which use the 1.6-liter EcoBoost inline four-cylinder engine.
As you yourself may recall, the Escape was subject to a string of recalls last year that resulted in a $17 million fine (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/01/ford-to-pay-17-35-million-over-escape-recall/). One of them was over this very same issue (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/05/2013-ford-escape-recalled-for-third-time-again-for-fire-risk/), which Ford apparently didn't rectify the first time around. Let's hope this time is the last time.Continue reading Ford forced to recall Escape over fire risk yet again (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/26/ford-escape-fire-risk-recall/)
Ford forced to recall Escape over fire risk yet again (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/26/ford-escape-fire-risk-recall/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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