Regulators Scrutinizing 2013 Ford Truck Recall After Receiving 30 Additional ... - The Consumerist
A week after the new head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned automakers and consumers that the agency would take an aggressive approach to vehicle safety , the regulator announced it is revisiting the 2013 recall of... The New York Times reports that opening the recall query into the Ford trucks is an unusual move for NHTSA, but falls in line with Mark Rosekind’s announcement last week that 2015 could see more recalls than the 60 million issued in 2014.... The original Ford recall [ PDF ] covered certain model year 2011 and 2012 Ford F-350, F-450 and F-550 “Ambulance Package” vehicles equipped with 6. 7-liter diesel “Power Stroke” engines that could contain a stalling problem. The crux of the query rests on whether or not NHTSA should vastly expand the original recall to cover nearly 197,000 additional trucks, including the F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 “Super Duty” trucks that have similar engines to those recalled two... Source: consumerist.com
