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Oct 24, 2010

RECALLS * USA - Millions Of Fords Recalled For Fire Risk Haven't Been Fixed

Washington,DC,USA -The Car Connection, by Bengt Halvorson -October 22, 2010: -- Millions of Ford Motor Co. vehicles covered by a recall for faulty cruise-control switches haven't yet been fixed, warns the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...    The federal agency this week issued a repeat caution concerning millions of vehicles—some of them up to 18 or 19 years old—potentially affected by the defect, which could cause vehicles to catch fire even when turned off and unattended...   Ford has recalled about 17.5 million vehicles in all, over many years and several separate recall expansions, to replace the switches, but NHTSA is concerned that not enough of them have been fixed... (Photo: 2003 Ford Excursion XLT)


* USA - Volvo Recalls 2010, 2011 Models For Airbag Failure

Washington,DC,USA -The Car connection, by Richard Read -22 October 2010: -- Volvo North America is recalling a number of passenger vehicles due to a problem with the driver's side airbag system. According to a release from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the flaw affects several vehicles from the 2010 and 2011 model years, and it could lead to substantial injury in the event of a crash... The NHTSA has identified the problem as "an intermittent fault in the driver's airbag clockspring wiring connector for the supplemental restraint system". If you're a Volvo owner, there are a couple of takeaways in that phrase: (a) the problem is "intermittent", which is slightly better than "persistent", and (b) the problem only affects the driver's frontal airbag, meaning that other airbags in the vehicle should deploy properly in a crash situation. Neither of those is ideal, but while you're waiting to have your car fixed, it may be some small comfort to know that the problem is restricted to one major safety device... (Photo: 2010 Volvo S80)

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