Ford South Africa recalls Kuga SUVs after cars catch fire
1,109 views · Published 17 January 2017 · 1:40 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: africanews · 2017 · News & Politics
U.S. auto-maker Ford (F.N) will recall 4,500 Kuga SUVs sold in South Africa after dozens of reports of the vehicles catching fire spontaneously, the head of the company's South Africa unit said on Monday. In a joint statement with the National Consumer Commission (NCC), Ford's Southern Africa President and chief executive Jeff Nemeth said the company could confirm 39 incidents of the cars catching fire. "We are not aware of any injuries that have resulted from our engine compartment fires," Ne… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/16/ford-south-africa-recalls-kuga-suvs-after-cars-catch-fire Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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