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Engineering Analysis · Closed

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Action number
EA08021
Opened
Sep 17, 2008
Closed
Oct 14, 2009
Outcome
Recall 09V399000

Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company

This investigation led to a recall

NHTSA links this probe to recall campaign 09V399000.

Read the recall: what is defective and the free fix →

What NHTSA is examining

Ea08-021 is closed with ford's actions in recall 09v-399 recalling approximately 4.5 million vehicles equipped with texas instruments speed control deactivation switches (scds).with this recall ford has now recalled all of the approximate 16 million ford model vehicles that were manufactured from my 1992 through 2003 with a texas instruments scds.nhtsa will continue to monitor the recalled vehicles to ensure remedies installed by ford tomitigate the potential for scds related fires are effective.the agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.see attached closing report for further details.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.