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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 363,000 F-150 pickup trucks in
North America because of a potential problem with the door handles not
working properly, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
reported on Thursday.
Model years 2009 and 2010 F-150 trucks produced from January 2008 to
November 2009 are being recalled because in the event of a crash, "the door
handle spring can fail, causing the door latch to open," NHTSA said in a
filing.
As of January 21, there had been no reported accidents or injuries related
to this issue, Ford told NHTSA.
Some 280,946 trucks will be recalled in the United States; about 68,000 in
Canada; and about 14,000 in Mexico, Ford and NHTSA said.
Ford said customers will initially be asked to bring their F-150s to
dealerships if any door handles are loose or fail to return to a stowed
position.
Later, once replacement parts are available, owners will be asked to bring
in their trucks for inspection at Ford or Lincoln dealerships, the filing
said.
The F-150 is the primary model of the F-series of pickup trucks that have
been for 34 straight years the best-selling vehicles in the U.S. market. |
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