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April 01, 2006
FORD TRUCKS ARE PROBED BY SAFETY AGENCY FOR STALLING
ConsumerAffairs.com reports that NHTSA is investigating seven Ford truck models from 1999 to 2001 because of complaints of engine stalls without warning.
“The stalling causes diminished steering and braking ability and has contributed to at least three minor crashes. As many as 700,000 trucks are potentially involved in the probe, including the E Series Super Duty, Excursion, F Series Super Duty, F-250 SD, F-350 SD, F250 Super Duty and F350 Super Duty.”
NHTSA reportedly has received complaints from 31 consumers alleging engine stalling because of a failure of the camshaft position sensor. In many cases the engine would not restart or restarted and stalled immediately. Consumers reported to NHTSA that once the engine stalled the vehicles were difficult to control because of diminished steering and braking ability.
Posted by MVHAP at April 1, 2006 03:58 PM