Ford recalls more than 500K pickups over post-crash interior fire risk

December 13, 2019, 6:37 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.Friday of more than 500,000 pickup trucks over concerns that the carpet flooring could catch fire after a crash.

The recall is centered on certain 2017-19 models of its Super Duty SuperCrew vehicles, according to Ford, the second largest automaker in the United States. In the affected trucks, the front seat belt pretensioner -- a mechanism that is supposed to deploy during a crash to tighten up any slack in the belt -- could"generate excessive sparks,""ignite the carpet," or cause any potential fire to"spread within the vehicle," Ford explained in a statement.The Michigan-based company says it is aware of at least one report in the U.S.

Ford Super Duty F-350 is on display during North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Jan. 15, 2018. Ford Super Duty F-350 is on display during North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Jan. 15, 2018.The recall affects 490,574 Ford vehicles in the U.S, 56,112 in Canada, and 852 in Mexico.

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Ford has recalled thousands of vehicles due to post-crash fire risk. equilarinc notes Ford CEO James Hackett earned $17,752,835 in 2018. $F execcomp CorpGov Source:

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Honestly. Carpeting wouldn’t be top 40 in my list of things that might ignite after a car crash. I mean, volatile accelerants and all. But you get ahead of things Ford.

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