17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids to be repaired
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give drivers the impression that the brakes have failed.
The automaker says the problem occurs in transition between two braking systems and at no time are drivers without brakes.
The decision to fix the 2010 model cars came after a test driver for Consumer Reports magazine experienced the problem as he was driving a Fusion Hybrid.
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Editors Note: Let's see, what two companies didn't borrow from the United States Government with bailout money? Ford/Toyota.
I just read an article in Business Week that indeed Ford borrowed between 8 and 9 billion from the federal goverment in the TARP bail out frenzy!!
ReplyDeleteMore important-which companies don't employee UNION workers. Its all about the UNIONIZATION of the private sector.
ReplyDeleteHonda didn't take money either. Neither did Hundai (which also makes Kia), BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen.
ReplyDeleteIf you are insinuating that this is happening to help GM and Chrysler regain market share and repay the government, consider:
1. The feds don't own nearly as much as they should. The unions have it.
2. GM and Chrysler aren't competent enough to make a respectable hybrid. If they can't get cars on the road, they can't be recalled, can they?