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Blazing Switches Trigger Massive Ford Recall

Cruise-control fires start even with engines off

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ford is recalling 3.6 million vehicles with cruise-control switches that have caused fires even with the engine off, CNN reports. The company recently settled a lawsuit in the death of a woman killed in her home after her husband said their Ford pickup burst... Read full story »

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