Ford Recalls Over 1 Million Trucks For Gas Tank Issues

Ford is recalling more than a million pickup trucks because their gas tanks can fall off and cause fires.

The recall, announced Monday, covers 1.1 million F-150, F-250 and Lincoln Blackwood pickups. The models involved were sold in cold-weather states where road salt can cause straps metal straps holding up the tanks to rust. If the straps break, the tanks can hit the ground, rupture and catch fire.

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grenouille - 8/2/2011 9:48:42 AM

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Instead of concentrating on some gizmos for drivers they should build better vehicules.........

ThierryHenry14 - 8/2/2011 11:00:47 AM

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The F150... Thats the Ferrari race car right?

Oh wait, its the pick up truck that Ferrari is trying to piggy back off it's success. I wonder if Ferrari will piggy back on this recall and recall its two F1 cars...

veyron1001 - 8/3/2011 8:02:10 AM

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Ford Chevy and Dodge rely on xenophbia for the majority of sales.

carguy68 - 8/2/2011 11:01:46 AM

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Sounds like an issue that any truck can have if they were in a cold state. Just that ford is actualy doing something about it.

tango - 8/3/2011 7:48:48 AM

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@ ThierryHenry14: Two people seemed to have deboosted you for your comment, but I'm one of the intelligent ones here. I fully understand what you're getting at. Autospies is full of morons who just LOVE to click on things and not read first.
@ carguy68: Indeed correct, sir. You got deboosted for that statement for some reason, though. These idiots around here tend to not understand what a recall really says about a company. Commitment to the product, commitment to the customer.

Lexus - 8/4/2011 12:01:30 AM

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You got to be kidding me right? IMAO......... If it a Japanese brand it a very bad thing but since it's a Ford it Commitment to the product, commitment to the customer. You just lost all credibility with this comment bro and by the way I just deboosted for this comment.

When there is a recall and if the cars actually have quality and reliability issuses it definitely a bad no matter who make them.

toolatetorace - 8/9/2011 11:16:57 PM

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With all the salt and aggressive chemicals that get put on the road in the rust belt it's no wonder that there isn't more recalls like this where the salt hasn't compromised various vehicle components