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Ring a Bell? Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Probed for Floor Mats After Complaints About Sticky Accelerators...
Remember Toyota's recall-woes over specific floor mats that could slip forward and snag the gas pedal? Well, we could be heading for a second round of recalls on the same issue but for a different automaker.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a formal investigation into the 2010MY Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models to examine allegations about pedals becoming trapped in the depressed position by unsecured floor mats.
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Subaru Recalling Cars For Curling Mats, Nissan For Spare Tire Inflation And Honda Over Esc
In its latest release, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shared detailed information on three separate and unrelated recalls from the same number of carmakers. We'll begin with Subaru, which is recalling 10,137 Forester...
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Ford Recalling Close To 500,000 Escape Suvs To Fix Sticking Gas Pedals After Deadly Accident
An investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about a sticky gas pedal in the 2001-2004MY Ford Escape V6 SUVs has led the Blue Oval to issue a recall for 484,600 models of which 421,000 were sold in the U.S. The NHTSA...
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Trapped Accelerator Pedals Come To Haunt Toyota And Lexus Again, 2.12 Million Vehicles Recalled In The Usa
The Toyota Group may be off the hook over suspicions of unwanted sudden acceleration caused by software-driven throttles after the findings of the NHTSA-NASA study, but the Japanese automaker is once again making headlines over trapped accelerator pedals....
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Nhtsa Probes 2010 Ford Fusion Over Wheel Stud Fractures
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA] today announced that it has opened a preliminary investigation to assess a possible safety concern on certain 2010 Ford Fusion models, following four complaints that allege wheel stud fractures....
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Global Nightmare? Toyota Accelerator Pedal Recall Spreads To Europe, 1.1 Million More Cars Added To U.s. Recall
Toyota's sticky accelerator woes are turning into a global nightmare as the world's largest automaker said today that the large-scale recall would spread to Europe while the company revealed that an additional 1.1 million vehicles in the States...
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