Posts tagged Automobile Defects

• Faulty Ford spark plug causes fires.

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 12:23 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Federal agency says it's not bothered by it.Defective Ford truck spark plugs are costing car owners more than time and money, according to a very interesting article posted on www.consumeraffairs.com.The article by Joe Benton, posted Sunday, says thousands of truck owners have paid thousands of dollars to repair the damage caused by the Ford Triton V-8 engine spitting a spark plug from its...

• Judge Orders New Trial in Ford Lawsuit

  IB Contributor | March 24, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A U.S. federal judge has thrown out a $15 million jury verdict and ordered a new trial for a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. by a Tulsa couple whose 18-year-old son died in a rollover auto accident in November 2003, according to a news report by the Associated Press published in the Chicago Tribune.Tyler Moody lost control of a 1995 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle while he was passing another...

• Tailpipe fires in 2008 Ford trucks spur recall

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 10:37 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ford Motor Co. has ordered dealers to stop selling the new 2008 Super Duty pickup trucks with the 6.4-liter diesel engine and is recalling more than 37,000 of those vehicles after tailpipe fires were reported in the diesel version of the pickups, according to an article posted on consumeraffairs.com.Company officials say they have received three reports of flames shooting out of tailpipes after...

• Ford Recalls 2008 Trucks

  Christina Cole | March 22, 2007 10:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ford halts sales of Big Super DutyFord Motor Company is ordering dealers to stop the selling of the new Super Duty pickup with the 6.4-liter diesel engine, until further notice. The Ford recall involves over 37,999 of the 2008 F-Series trucks after receiving reports about tailpipe fires in the diesel version of this truck.According to a Ford spokesman, Ford has received three reports of flames...

• Car seat tests confirmed flawed

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Consumer Reports magazine announced Wednesday that its botched investigation into infant car seats was the result of a major misunderstanding between the magazine and the laboratory that conducted the tests.The complete report of the magazine's investigation into the matter may be read on the magazine's Web site.Test findings released in January said that most brands of infant car seats "failed...

• Ford Excursion Rollover Fatality

  IB Contributor | March 20, 2007 9:48 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Was this a roof crush fatality?A California man driving a Ford Excursion on U.S. 6 just east of Ely, Nevada died Sunday in a single-vehicle rollover accident according to a story by NBC News 4.Jay Wooten of Fairfield, California was driving his Ford Excursion with five other people in the vehicle, when he swerved to avoiding hitting an elk. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper George...

• Chrysler Group Recalling Vehicles

  Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Thousands of vehicles recalled by Chrysler.The Chrysler Group is recalling over 489,000 vehicles for various auto defects. Some of the models being recalled include: Dodge Durango, the new Dodge Avenger Sedan and the Jeep Liberty.Chrysler is recalling approximately 328,424 Durango SUVs because of a risk hazard associated with overheating that has been linked to an integrated circuit within the...

• Six-year-old Hero Rescues Sisters in Rollover Accident

  IB Contributor | March 13, 2007 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Victim attributes seat belts and infant car seats to saving family's lives.Last Monday morning, Patrick Bishop, a six-year-old, rescued his ten-month-old sister, Taylor, from her car seat, through a broken out window and pulled his two-year-old sister, Megan, through another broken window of their rolled over vehicle, while their mother, Kaci Harrison was trapped inside according to a KHAS-TV...

• Ford Recalls 109,664 Police Cars

  IB Contributor | March 12, 2007 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  2003-2005 Crown Victoria Interceptors Recalled.Ford Motor Company has announced a voluntary recall of 2003-2005 Crown Victoria Interceptor police cruisers built between, October 10, 2001 and December 8, 2004, at an assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ontario due to a wheel defect in the automobile's steel wheels according to various news sources.The defective wheels of the Interceptors have been found...

• Defective Cruise Control Subject Of Recall

  IB Contributor | March 11, 2007 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ford recalls more pickup trucks and SUVs. Ford Motor Co. recalled about 155,000 pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles last week to repair a defective cruise control switch system that already had led to millions of recalls, according to an Associated Press news report posted on CBS news' Web site.This announcement came on the same day that the Associated Press reported that the auto maker had...