5 Million Ford Owners Urged to Fix Hazardous Vehicles

Sometimes consumers are just asking for trouble. Take Ford’s humongous safety recall that affected about 12 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and passenger cars over a defective cruise control switch that could lead to a fire (and has in more than 60 cases from August through February) at any time, even while the vehicle is turned-off, parked and unattended.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), of the 12 million vehicles involved in the recall, nearly five million have not yet been brought to Ford for repair, despite the multiple safety defect recall notifications from the automaker and the agency itself which issued its latest warning back in February! If you happen to own one of the affected cars/trucks mentioned in the list after the jump, we’d strongly advise you to take NHTSA’s warning seriously and bring your vehicle to a local dealership for a corrective repair. -Continued

Affected Vehicles

• 1993–2004 Ford F150
• 1993–1999 Ford F250 (gasoline engine)
• 1993–1996 Ford Bronco
• 1994–1996 Ford Econoline
• 1997–2002 Ford Expedition
• 1998–2002 Lincoln Navigator
• 1998–2002 Ford Ranger
• 1992–1998 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis & Lincoln Town Car
• 1993–1998 Lincoln Mark VIII
• 1993–1995 Ford Taurus SHO with automatic transmission
• 1994–Mercury Capri
• 1998–2001 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer
• 2001–2002 Ford Explorer Sport and Explorer Sport Trac
• 1992–1993 and 1997–2003 Ford E-150-350 gasoline or natural gas vehicles
• 2002 Ford E-550 gasoline engine vehicles
• 1996–2003 Ford E-450 gasoline or natural gas vehicles
• 1994–2002 Ford F-250 through F-550 super Duty trucks (gasoline engine)
• 2000–2002 Ford Excursion (gasoline engine)
• 2003 F250 – F550 Super Duty, Ford Excursion
• 1995–2002 Ford F53 Motor home chassis
• 2002–2003 Lincoln Blackwood