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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Stats- June 01, 2022 546
Recently Ford had a recall of around 350,000 vehicles for being susceptible to catching fire under the hoods, 310,00 trucks with defective airbags, and 464 electric Mustang Mach-E SUVs with software malfunctions.
As far-reaching as that sounds, it pales in comparison to some of the more notorious recalls in automaker history–some of which took many lives.
Here are four of the worst in history:
Ford, Firestone, and Failing Tires
In 2000, Firestone recalled 14.4 million tires on Ford vehicles after an investigation revealed almost a whole decade of thread separation and blowouts. This recall came...
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News Featured Stories News Releases- March 23, 2022 891
We’re going back in time.
We’re traveling back to the days when automakers prioritized sales, competing with Asia for market share, and gimmicks over safety. Standards weren’t nearly as high as today, and legislation was lacking.
Forget backup cameras or sensors–some of the models on this list barely possessed the ability to stay upright!
These 5 vehicles are arguably the most unsafe cars of all time:
- DeLorean DM-12
Please note, we didn’t list this just to stay in theme with the “time travel” intro: it really was unsafe! Its two most appealing features, the bat-wing doors, were also its...
