Re: Have you been taken for a ride by Ford lately?

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Wed May 19 1999 - 10:27:23 EDT


Ohhhhhhh..........QUICK....Someone post that to the Manger Website...hehehehe

At 09:45 AM 05/19/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Ford on trial in $3 bln fraud suit
>
>OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A huge fraud suit against Ford Motor Co. went to
>trial Tuesday over allegations that the automaker hid a potentially
>dangerous stalling problem from government regulators and 3 million
>California customers. Ford decided in 1982 to save $4 per vehicle by
>mounting an ignition device, the thick film ignition module or TFI, over the
>engine despite warnings from an engineer that high temperatures would cause
>the device to fail and stall the engine, attorney Paul D. Nelson told a
>Superior Court jury. He said the warning was quickly borne out by a flood of
>complaints from customers and dealers, replacement of the devices in 15
>million vehicles over 17 years, and high-level company studies confirming
>the problem - studies the company withheld from federal safety officials and
>the public.
>
>Greg
>95 DSCC v6 5spd
>



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