
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday issued a second consumer advisory to owners of certain unrepaired Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, vans and passenger cars who have not responded to previous recalls. The recall is to repair a cruise control switch system that has been tied to engine fires.
12 million vehicles have been part of the recall and nearly 5 million still have not been fixed. A similar warning was issued in February (that was 7 months ago, people!) but officials said the rate of the vehicles being repaired has declined.
NHTSA issued a lengthy list of older vehicles covered by the consumer advisory, including 1993-2004 Ford F150 trucks, 1994-2002 F250 through F550 Super Duty trucks with gasoline engines, and 1998-2001 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer SUVs, which were among the best-selling vehicles in the nation during those years.
A complete list is available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/. Come on, folks. Warn your buddies. Keep our roads safe.
Here’s the complete list…
1993 - 2004 Ford F150
1993 - 1999 Ford F250 (gasoline engine)
1993 - 1996 Ford Bronco
1994 - 1996 Ford Econoline
1997 - 2002 Ford Expedition
1998 - 2002 Lincoln Navigator
1998 - 2002 Ford Ranger
1992 - 1998 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car
1993 - 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII
1993 - 1995 Ford Taurus SHO with automatic transmission
1994 - Mercury Capri
1998 - 2001 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer
2001 - 2002 Ford Explorer Sport and Explorer Sport Trac
1992 - 1993 and 1997 - 2003 Ford E-150-350 gasoline or natural gas vehicles
2002 - Ford E-550 gasoline engine vehicles
1996 - 2003 Ford E-450 gasoline or natural gas vehicles
1994 - 2002 Ford F-250 through F-550 super Duty trucks (gasoline engine)
2000 - 2002 Ford Excursion (gasoline engine)
2003 - F250 - F550 Super Duty, Ford Excursion
1995 - 2002 Ford F53 Motor home chassis
2002 - 2003 Lincoln Blackwood