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1 posted on 09/07/2005 10:09:07 AM PDT by seacapn
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To: seacapn

There was an earlier Ford Truck recall. Is this a different issue?

My F-150 is a 2004.


2 posted on 09/07/2005 10:11:12 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: seacapn

The U.S. auto industry is really in trouble -- recent GM developments prove that -- and it all ripples down to quality of their products because that is what is being cut to provide for the socialistic union-pandering overhead costs that are KILLING this industry, just like it killed the steel industry in this country...


3 posted on 09/07/2005 10:12:24 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: seacapn
Why people continue to buy Fords is beyond me.

(Flamesuit on)

7 posted on 09/07/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT by Sam's Army (USA 2 Mexico 0, get over it.)
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To: Rose of Sharn; tuffydoodle

Ping


8 posted on 09/07/2005 10:17:09 AM PDT by Maximus of Texas (On my signal, unleash hell.)
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To: seacapn

Have you burned up your Ford lately?


11 posted on 09/07/2005 10:18:18 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
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To: seacapn

Fix Or Return to Dealer


12 posted on 09/07/2005 10:19:19 AM PDT by Clemenza (Need new tagline)
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To: seacapn
"The Ford F-series truck has been the best-selling full-size pickup for nearly three decades. In July, when the company offered its employee discount to all buyers, Ford's F-series set a record for the highest monthly sales of any vehicle since the 1920s with total sales of 126,905 trucks, or an average 4,880 each day for the 26 sales days that month."

Love my '01 F-150 SVT Lightning!!

13 posted on 09/07/2005 10:19:59 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: seacapn
I used to have a 1980 Chevy PU with outboard gas tanks.

In the 90s, GM refused to recall most of the affected trucks because they were to old ( I think the cutoff was 7 years).

This resulted in a class action suit that was eventually settled for which I received a coupon for $2000 toward the purchase of a new GM truck which I never used. I probably should have sold it for a couple hundred bucks.
20 posted on 09/07/2005 10:23:13 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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To: seacapn

Anybody know if the Escape SUV is included in the recall? I have a 2002 Escape and absolutely love it.


27 posted on 09/07/2005 10:25:56 AM PDT by piperpilot
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To: seacapn
I own a 1999 F-150. Looks like I'll be running it down to the dealer.
29 posted on 09/07/2005 10:27:58 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: seacapn

Finally!


36 posted on 09/07/2005 10:32:30 AM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg. Gosh I miss her!)
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To: seacapn

What a coinkydink. My '96 F-150 was towed to the shop yesterday and I just got off the phone (not five minutes ago) with the mechanic. I had a short (and small fire) in the engine at the master cylinder for the braking system. The real problem, he said, was with a short in the cruise control but he did not know if there was a formal recall yet. Like I said, what a coinkydink...


42 posted on 09/07/2005 10:37:24 AM PDT by eureka! (Hey Lefties: Only 3 and 1/3 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
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To: seacapn

Doesn't affect me. Mine is a 2005 F-150 and I've yet to have a problem with it. Just oil and filter changes thus far. I've bought a dozen new Fords over the past 15 years and they have essentially been bullet-proof.


47 posted on 09/07/2005 10:41:12 AM PDT by RichardW
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To: seacapn

I have a 96 Windstar and seem to have this same cruise control cut-out switch on the master cylinder. I guess the Windstars are not burning down houses and killing people yet.

But now that I know the fix, I may just do it myself.


48 posted on 09/07/2005 10:42:14 AM PDT by Peace will be here soon
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To: seacapn

Thanks, my 96 OJ Simpson's Bronco is being recalled.


67 posted on 09/07/2005 11:09:50 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
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To: seacapn

Anybody talking about the Toyota recall on the Forerunner? Evidently a tie rod might break when turning the wheel while stopped.


144 posted on 09/08/2005 9:28:20 AM PDT by 38special (Yes, it's true.)
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To: seacapn
cruise control switch suspected of causing engine fires

So THAT'S why I've been able to light my cigarettes using the cruise control switch!

151 posted on 09/08/2005 9:43:29 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: seacapn

most likely this switch is made somewhere in Asia


200 posted on 09/28/2005 11:11:11 AM PDT by 38special (Your import sucks!)
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