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$82.6 Million awarded to Woman After Ford Explorer Rollover

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The Supreme Court has left in place an $82.6 million award to a woman who was paralyzed after her Ford Explorer rolled over.

Benetta Buell-Wilson was driving on a San Diego interstate in January 2002 when she swerved to avoid a metal object on the road. She lost control of her 1997 Explorer and ended up rolling the vehicle. The mother of two was paralyzed from the waist down when the roof collapsed on her neck, severing her spine.

Ford Motor Co. challenged $55 million of the portion awarded, saying that the vehicle design met federal safety standard. The jury said that Ford knew the Explorer had design defects that made it prone to rollovers in emergency maneuvers and the collapse of its roof. They rejected Ford’s contention and initially awarded Buell-Wilson $369 million, including $246 million in punitive damages but courts twice cut the size of the award.

The case is Ford v. Buell-Wilson, 09-297.

Ford Backs Ban on Text Messaging

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The Ford Motor Company became the first auto manufacturer to endorse a federal ban on drivers text messaging. Legislation proposed by Senator Charles Schumer would cut federal highways financing by 25% to all states that do not comply with a test messaging ban. Other automakers have not yet taken a stance on the bill.

The Governors Highway Safety Association, which initially opposed such a law has now changed its opinion based on a study by Virginia Tech which says that drivers texting have a 23 time greater risk of a crash than those not texting.

Ford Taurus Recall

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2006 Ford Taurus – Windshield wiper problem – on some trucks, passenger vehicles, and SUV’s, the motor of the windshield wiper may have been made without grease being applied to a certain gear. After a period of time, with continual use, the lack of grease could result in the loss of the wiper function. With bad weather this could cause a crash due to impaired visibility. Please call your Ford dealership and make an appointment.

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Ford Taurus Recall

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2004 Ford Taurus – Front seats – Some passenger vehicles with adjustable power seats may have been welded improperly. Call you Ford dealership immediately and make an appointment.

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Ford Focus Recall

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2008 Ford Focus – Air Bag problem – Some vehicles do not conform with Federal requirements. The driver’s air bag module may not have been installed properly. This may cause the driver air bag from deploying properly in case of a crash. Call your Ford dealership immediately to make an appointment.

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Ford Studying Best Ways to Charge Electric Vehicles

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Ford is studying new technology that would allow drivers to communicate with our country’s electric power grids. This would make battery charging for vehicle reasonable and very easy to do. This is an effort by Ford and the utility companies to prepare an infrastructure to handle them.

Ford plans to have its electric Focus compact car available in 2011. They are testing plug-in hybrids in California to see how drivers can recharge their batteries from an electrical home outlet. It will be important to make use of the off peak hours for electrical use.

They are also changing their existing in car communication system, SYNC, so it can alert drivers when to recharge. Ford is working on having the ability to communicate directly with electric grids to prepare the home for the charging process.

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Ford Sales Up

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With the “Cash for Clunkers” program, some automakers had their best month of the year. But the week after the program ended sales fell considerably.

Ford said its sales rose 17% last month from the previous year. July also showed increased sales by 2.3 %.

Hyundai said its sales increased by 47% last month compared to the previous year. Honda rose by 10% and Toyota rose by 6%.

The Clunkers program seemed to help the Asian automakers more than the Detroit companies. About one out of every five vehicles was a Toyota, making it the most popular followed by GM, Ford and Honda.

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Toyota Will Shut Down Fremont Plant

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After 93 years of major automaking plants in California , Toyota will shut down the last plant in March, 2010. This plant was a joint venture with General Motors, but GM pulled out as part of its reorganization after bankruptcy. Currently 4,700 people are employed there and Senator Feinstein has said that closing the plant could cost upward of 40,000 jobs. Corolla Production will now be done in Canada and Japan and Tacoma production will be moved to San Antonio, Texas. This will be the first time that Toyota has closed a major automobile assembly plant.

The automobile industry used to be very important to the state of California. California’s first plant was for General Motors in Oakland from 1916-1964. The Willy’s- Overland automobile factory was in Maywood, California from 1928-1954. Ford had a plant in Long Beach from 1930-1959. Chrysler had a plant in City of Commerce 1032-1971. Studebaker has an auto plant in Vernon from 1936-1956. General Motors opened another plant in South Gate 1936-1982. General Motor’s had plant number 3 in Van Nuys from 1947-1992. Nash had a plant in El Segundo from 1948-1955. Ford’s 2nd plant was in Milpitas 1955-1983. Ford’s 3rd auto plant was in Pico Rivera from 1957-1980. General Motor’s 4th plant was in Fremont 1962-1982. And then Nummi, the re-opening of the Fremont plant under both GM and Toyota from 1984-2010.

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