Ford recalls 3.6 million

[ColonelPanic]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/....htmlI was thinking just the other day about what a bummer it's been since Ford hasn't had to recall anything for burning up over the last few months. What a coincidence! On a "what the hell were they thinking" note, why did the engineers choose to make the fricken cruise switch hot at all times anyway?

[joatmon]

cp, thanks for the heads up. my son has a truck affected by that one.

[WaveAction]

stupid ford..lol..only ford we've ever had was an older ford f150 i guess it woulda been..was back in the late 80's when we had it

[binary]

Here's ford's site if your other car is one of them: You'll need your vin code (look from the outside of the car onto the dash on the driver's side for a silver metal tag).http://www.ford.com/en/vehicle...t.htm

[Atomic]

This just reminded me that Ford has had a problem with the wheel studs on a whole pile of current (maybe just the 2006?) Mercury Grand Marquis and Ford Crown Vic. They build them here in Ontario, at a plant just south of London, and my best friend is a repair tech there.He is one of a bunch that were called in during shutdown to replace the hub assemblies with correct ones, all at the supplier's expense.I don't know if there is a TSB or recall out, or exactly how many are affected, but he said its at least a couple of thousand.

[jake75]

I wonder1. if this cruise control recall is at that sypplier's expenses. 2. how many owners of these 3.6 mil actually return for a repairI suspect that a lot of the recalls come out of the supplier's pocket (or perhasp the supplier's insuracne co.) but that could quickly bankrupt a smaller company and the car manufacturer is then on the hook for the expenses.