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Tue 5 Nov 2002 08:27

Focus recall in US - CMark {P}

Hi everyone,
just saw this on Yahoo News at:
uk.news.yahoo.com/021104/80/ddvix.html

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Ford pulls half-million cars in safety scare

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford says it is recalling 572,795 of its compact Focus vehicles from the 2000 and 2001 model years in North America because of potential safety problems including engine fires.

The world's No. 2 automaker said the latest recalls stemmed from two separate issues that could have safety consequences.

One involves a bolt in the front suspension assembly that can become loose and cause noise and vibration or, in a small number of cases, lead to separation of the ball joint, Ford said in a statement on Monday.

It said the other concern involved Focus vehicles with Zetec engines in which potential problems with the placement of a battery cable could result in smoke, wire melting or under-hood fires.

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The article refers only to US cars being recalled, but are any UK or EU ones affected?

Searching Car-by-Car Breakdown cannot find anything on battery cable replacement amongst the already long list of Focus recalls, and I couldn't find anything on www.ford.co.uk about any product recalls at all (surprise, surprise).

CMark

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