Ford Recalls Thousands of SUVs Because Engines Might Catch Fire

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Ford Motor Co. has asked the owners of 350,000 vehicles to take them into dealerships to be repaired under a three-pronged recall announcement.

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"The Michigan automaker said in U.S. government documents posted Thursday that it doesn't know what's causing fires in some 2021 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs.

Still, the company said the fires can happen even while the engines are off.

There have been 16 reports of fires under the hood and 14 of them were in rental company vehicles. Ford hasn't developed a repair for the fires, which appear to start at the back of the engine compartment on the passenger side."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2022-05-19 07:22 PM | Reply

Good grief...

Now cars are against us?

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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2022-05-20 12:16 AM | Reply

Rogers wrote a better headline... but mine was Found On Road Burned.... get it?

No? Damn!

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2022-05-20 12:51 AM | Reply

OK, maybe more apropos...

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(two years before their "Closing Time" hit song...)

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2022-05-20 12:54 AM | Reply

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#5 | Posted by Corky at 2022-05-20 12:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This is how you'll feel if your Lincoln Navigator burns, along with your house and your dog...

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#6 | Posted by Corky at 2022-05-20 01:07 AM | Reply

That's Nicolette Larson, btw.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2022-05-20 01:10 AM | Reply

What did they expect buying a Ford?? A happy ending??? ROFLMAO teeheehee.

#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2022-05-20 01:15 AM | Reply

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#9 | Posted by Corky at 2022-05-20 01:18 AM | Reply

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#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2022-05-20 01:37 AM | Reply

have you immolated in a ford lately?

#11 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2022-05-20 02:34 AM | Reply | Funny: 2

Why do we allow for to live? They shot their wad with the Mustang and T-bird.

#12 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2022-05-20 06:33 AM | Reply

BuT ElEcTrIc cArS cAtCh FiRe!

Yeah, gasoline is flammable. I see the ICE crowd might finally be figuring that out.

This one recall for gas cars that might catch fire is bigger than the number of Chevy Bolts recalled for batteries that might catch fire.

#13 | Posted by DarkVader at 2022-05-20 07:16 AM | Reply

This one recall for gas cars that might catch fire is bigger than the number of Chevy Bolts recalled for batteries that might catch fire.

#13 | POSTED BY DARKVADER AT 2022-05-20 07:16 AM | FLAG:

Really? I could not see that coming. A car that sold 4500 units had a smaller recall than an SUV that sold 80000 units in a year. With this kind of insight you could be making $200k+ a year as an automotive data czar.

#14 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2022-05-20 08:05 AM | Reply

People still buy domestics?

In any case, that's what you get driving a monstrous land yacht.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2022-05-20 02:54 PM | Reply

#14

25,000 Bolts in 2021. Not 4500 total.

Gasoline is flammable. There are thousands of gasoline car fires every year. Electricity is safer, more efficient, and far less polluting.

#16 | Posted by DarkVader at 2022-05-21 10:53 AM | Reply