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Ford recalls around 119,000 vehicles over engine block heater fire risk: NHTSA

Ford is recalling up to 119,000 vehicles because the engine block heater could short circuit and cause a fire, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall includes certain 2019 and 2024 Ford Explorers and 2016-2018 Ford Focus vehicles,

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Ford Recalls More Than 119,000 Cars Over Engine Block Heater Defect

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Ford recalls 100,000 vehicles for engine issue

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Major automaker recalls 116K vehicles that may catch fire

A major automaker is recalling nearly 117,000 cars after discovering it could have a defect causing it to catch fire.

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Ford recall: Over 119K cars pulled related to engine heater fire risk, NHTSA says

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Recall alert: 116K Ford, Lincolns recalled over fire risk

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What Causes An Engine Block To Crack?

A lot of people were celebrating when white smoke over the Vatican meant there was a new pope in town -– and that included plenty of gearheads with great ideas about what the new guy should use as his Popemobile. Of course, seeing white smoke coming from ...

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Watch A Machinist Fix A Cracked Engine Block Without Welding It

As a certified shadetree motorcycle mechanic, I've seen some pretty wild field expedient repairs attempted by previous owners. Typically these are hack jobs so embarrassing — we're talking things like structural zip-ties here — that I assume whoever ...

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Watch Machinists Stitch a Cracked Engine Block Together Without a Single Weld

At the risk of sounding like a cynical, middle-aged guy from the East Coast, it’s rare that I stumble across something on social media that I haven’t seen before. I can still play the AOL dial-up squeal in my head from memory, OK? I’ve seen some ...