NJ Vike

I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on
the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire
whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down the
house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.

I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone else
heard about this?

Thanks

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna

Scott and Kathy Stone

NJ Vike wrote:

> I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on
> the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire
> whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down the
> house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.
>
> I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone else
> heard about this?
>
> Thanks
>

Yea, its real. I got my recall notice about a month ago. You need to
unplug the cruise control. The dealer will do it... watch where he does
his deed, so you know where to do it yourself.

The parts are not available until April or May for the repair, so they
are dissabling the cruises right now until the parts are in.

--
Scott

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin

NJ Vike

Scott,

Thanks for the clarification. I will be making an appointment tomorrow.

Oh, well :-(

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna



"Scott and Kathy Stone" <skstone@rmisp.com> wrote in message
news:BrqdnWRXOsZOt9rfRVn-1Q@onewest.net...
> NJ Vike wrote:
>
>> I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on
>> the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire
>> whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down
>> the house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.
>>
>> I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone
>> else heard about this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Yea, its real. I got my recall notice about a month ago. You need to
> unplug the cruise control. The dealer will do it... watch where he does
> his deed, so you know where to do it yourself.
>
> The parts are not available until April or May for the repair, so they are
> dissabling the cruises right now until the parts are in.
>
> --
> Scott
>
> We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
> Benjamin Franklin

Scott and Kathy Stone

NJ Vike wrote:

> Scott,
>
> Thanks for the clarification. I will be making an appointment tomorrow.
>
> Oh, well :-(
>

I still have to use my Expy to travel occasionally. So I looked over
the shoulder of the mechanic that pulled the plug (amazing, it is right
out in the open, as if they knew this would have to be done!) and I plug
it in when I travel, and unplug it at night and when I am just using it
in town.

Not that I recommend it.

:-)

--
Scott

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin

Just_Steve

http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/ford-fire.htm


"NJ Vike" <ErieLackawanna@Scranton.com> wrote in message
news:VFF1e.416$x4.36@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on
> the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire
> whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down
the
> house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.
>
> I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone else
> heard about this?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> "Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
> from thirty-third to Buffalo.
> From Broadway bright the tubes run right
> Into the Road of Anthracite"
> Erie - Lackawanna
>
>
>
>

C. E. White

NJ Vike wrote:
>
> I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on
> the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire
> whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down the
> house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.
>
> I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone else
> heard about this?


Not all models are affected. At the moment, Ford is only
recalling 2000 model year Expeditions. That is subject to
change, sinc ehte same system was employed from 1997 through
2002. See
http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosins...tos-126582.htm
..

Ed

C. E. White

Just_Steve wrote:
>
> http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/ford-fire.htm


Gotta love the sleazy attorneys. They never miss an
opportunity to encourage lawsuits.

I browsed through these shark's pages and see that they
aren't missing any opportunities. They even are encouraging
my fellow Vue owners to sue GM over the Vue rear suspensions
(they were recalled after a NHTSA test) despite the fact
there is no history of problems in the "real" world.

Ed

Joe

Anyone know if my 2001 Lincoln Navigator is effected by this recall?
Thanks,
Joe

C. E. White wrote:
> Just_Steve wrote:
> >
> > http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/ford-fire.htm
>
>
> Gotta love the sleazy attorneys. They never miss an
> opportunity to encourage lawsuits.
>
> I browsed through these shark's pages and see that they
> aren't missing any opportunities. They even are encouraging
> my fellow Vue owners to sue GM over the Vue rear suspensions
> (they were recalled after a NHTSA test) despite the fact
> there is no history of problems in the "real" world.
>
> Ed

C. E. White

Joe wrote:
>
> Anyone know if my 2001 Lincoln Navigator is effected by this recall?
> Thanks,
> Joe

No, but I suspect Ford will eventually recall all
Expeditions and Navigators built before 2003. The cruise
control systems are the same. Ford is hoping (wishing) that
the problem can be blamed on a bad supply of switches.
However, now that the sharks lawyers are smelling blood,
they will try to blame any fire, or even unrelated accidents
on the cruise control switch. Ford would be better off
recalling them all now instead of waiting. In today legal
enviroment, truth has little to do with justice.

Ed

>
> C. E. White wrote:
> > Just_Steve wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/ford-fire.htm
> >
> >
> > Gotta love the sleazy attorneys. They never miss an
> > opportunity to encourage lawsuits.
> >
> > I browsed through these shark's pages and see that they
> > aren't missing any opportunities. They even are encouraging
> > my fellow Vue owners to sue GM over the Vue rear suspensions
> > (they were recalled after a NHTSA test) despite the fact
> > there is no history of problems in the "real" world.
> >
> > Ed

Big Bill

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:51:16 -0700, Scott and Kathy Stone
<skstone@rmisp.com> wrote:

>NJ Vike wrote:
>
>> I was just told my a relative that she had heard that there's a recall on
>> the Expedition. She heard that the cruise control unit can catch on fire
>> whether used or not and that someone's Expy caught fire and burned down the
>> house as the owner has the Expy parked in his attached garage.
>>
>> I did a search and didn't find anything or hear from Ford. Has anyone else
>> heard about this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>Yea, its real. I got my recall notice about a month ago. You need to
>unplug the cruise control. The dealer will do it... watch where he does
>his deed, so you know where to do it yourself.
>
>The parts are not available until April or May for the repair, so they
>are dissabling the cruises right now until the parts are in.

There's a now recall that covers more model years than that one...
http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/ford...ition-fire.htm
--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"