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Ford recalls 4.5m vehicles on fire risk

A faulty cruise-control switch prompted the Ford recall. A faulty cruise-control switch prompted the Ford recall.

(Dave Kaup/Reuters/File 2009
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By Bloomberg News
October 14, 2009

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Ford Motor Co. said 4.5 million more vehicles may have a faulty cruise-control switch that could cause a fire, prompting the automaker to expand a recall that was already its biggest. (Full article: 170 words)

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