>This brings up a good point; maybe the fords do have something >inherently
>wrong in their suspension design
>This is just too coincidental
One of my favorite lines from a movie, that relates to my work, and my view
of all Fords tire recall problems.
"just think, 4 million pounds of rocket fuel, one nuclear weapon, and
270,000 moving parts, all built by the low bidder! Makes you feel good
doesn't it?"
Steve Buscemi
Armageddon
Greg Reno
Mazda MX-3 GS V6
#36 ES
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lloyd" <Jeff@cyberconceptz.com>
To: "David K Yeung" <dkyeung@juno.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: Ford sure picked some winners....
> This brings up a good point; maybe the fords do have something inherently
> wrong in their suspension design
> This is just too coincidental.. I had a 16" continental blow out on me
> Thursday but on my BMW and it was a pothole
> That caused it, thank goodness for my auto crossing skills I was able to
> avoid a tree and a totaled car by keeping my head
> But she still got pretty bent up from going over a 2' ditch
>
> Jeff Lloyd
> '96 BMW Z3 spending this week on the frame rack OUCH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of David K Yeung
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:19 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Ford sure picked some winners....
>
> obligatory autox content - if anyone uses a nagrivator for a tow
> vehicle.....
>
>
> Recall of Continental Tires Expected
>
> By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) - Continental General Tire (news - web sites) will
> replace 16-inch tires that were standard equipment on the 1998 and 1999
> model year Lincoln Navigator (news - web sites) amid reports some of the
> tires lost parts of their tread.
>
> Officials from Continental and Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F - news), which
> makes the Navigator, prepared to brief federal authorities on the tire's
> warranty and claims data Tuesday. A source with knowledge of the
> situation who spoke on condition of anonymity said a recall was expected
> to be announced after the meeting. The move would affect about 200,000
> tires.
>
> Lincoln spokesman Jim Cain would not discuss the details of the
> information that will be shared with the National Highway Traffic Safety
> Administration (news - web sites).
>
> Continental officials did not return phone calls seeking comment. NHTSA
> spokesman Rae Tyson said he had no information about what would be
> discussed.
>
> Ford and Continental said last week they were investigating six reports
> from Saudi Arabia of problems involving Continental tires on Lincoln
> Navigators. Two of the reports were from this year and four were from
> last year.
>
> The companies stressed the warranty and claims data included no reports
> of major accidents, fatalities or serious injuries. Cain said there have
> been reports of property damage.
>
> Fewer than 40,000 Navigators that were sold with the 16-inch ContiTrac AS
> tires as standard equipment, Cain said. He said some 1998 and 1999 models
> and all 2000 models of the luxury sport utility vehicle used a 17-inch
> version of the tire.
>
> Most of the Navigators were sold in the United States, Cain said,
> although some were shipped for sale overseas, including Saudi Arabia and
> other Persian Gulf countries.
>
> Cain said the warranty and claims data was analyzed as part of Ford's
> investigation into tire failures after the Aug. 9 recall of 6.5 million
> Firestone ATX, ATX II and Wilderness AT tires. The tires are standard
> equipment on the Explorer and some other Ford vehicles.
>
> The recall came after NHTSA opened an investigation into complaints that
> the tread would peel off, sometimes while the vehicle was traveling at
> highway speeds.
>
> Most of the problems reported on the Continental tires involved only
> partial tread separations, the source said.
>
> NHTSA said on Aug. 31 that it had received reports of at least 88 U.S.
> deaths and more than 250 injuries involving Firestone tires, with most of
> the accidents involving rollovers of the Explorer. The agency planned to
> update the numbers Tuesday.
>
> Firestone has acknowledged problems with its tires, but also says the
> Explorer's design may have contributed to the accidents. Ford has
> insisted it is solely a tire problem.
>
> Meantime, The New York Times reported Tuesday that an analysis of federal
> traffic accident data for 1999 showed 52 people died in 40 fatal crashes
> of Explorers in which tire problems were listed as a contributing factor.
> That was more than twice as many as the previous year.
>
> ``The increase simply shows that those Explorers were equipped with bad
> tires,'' said Ernie Grushz, Ford's manager of safety data analysis.
>
>
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