Originally posted by baco99:
Originally posted by Pete D:
Honda has recalls too
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9991618/

so does Toyota, if you go and look it up. No company is perfect, although how they handle the recalls are another issue....



the difference is that Ford has much more severe recalls that have to do with the integral safety and operation of a vehicle. if the gas pedal is stuck, you can turn the car off, slam on the brakes, or jump out. if the gas tank explodes because it's riding on the ground at highway speeds, your fubbed!



Dude.... I respect you but in this case you don't know WTF you are talking about. Read the post above. Tell me who else has "fire" concerns. You may not have realized this stuff. I'd think broken brake lines on brand new vehicles would be a serious issue too. That is very recent and doesn't seem to be garnering much news.

Remember the GM fuel tank issue in the trucks? Tanks mounted outside the frame rails? Really it was very few vehicles compared to the 20-30 years they made their trucks that way that had problems in crashes, but the news made such a big deal of it. They did a so called "test" with the trucks in an accident. This "test" was broadcast on TV. GM investigators discovered that the TV Network had rigged the truck with explosives to explode so it would be more dramatic in this test.
The media is worthless.

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