michaelinokc Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) In Ford's massive recall just announced, almost 83,000 MKZ's, Zephyrs, Fusions, and Milans are being recalled due to floor mats that may interfere with the accelerator pedal. This affects 2006 through 2011 vehicles. You can see the article at finance.yahoo.com/news/ford. Edited May 30, 2014 by michaelinokc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 In Ford's massive recall just announced, almost 83,000 MKZ's, Zephyrs, Fusions, and Milans are being recalled due to floor mats that may interfere with the accelerator pedal. This affects 2006 through 2011 vehicles. You can see the article at finance.yahoo.com/news/ford. I'd rather this be a simple floor mat recall than something mechanically problematic. Does everyone get new floor mat? :) michaelinokc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatDirtFartDust Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) This isn't so much a recall, as it is Lincoln warning people against their own stupidity. It's only for those cars that came from the factory with All-Weather (Rubber) floor mats. "An improperly installed Ford all weather floor mat (either not secured to the retention device, doublestacked, or secured to a single retention device but grossly out of position) could move and mayinterfere with the accelerator pedal, potentially inhibiting its return to idle, and increasing the risk of acrash." So in other words, if you have your floor mat installed correctly, there's no danger. Don't stack an all-weather floor mat on top of your standard carpet mat. If they were installed that way when you took delivery, undo it. No big deal. Edited May 31, 2014 by EatDirtFartDust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB_TX Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Since they can't fix STUPID, I have to wonder how Ford will "fix" this "problem", other than try to educate the idiots that don't know how to install a floor mat. :kookie: Edited May 31, 2014 by SteveB_TX EatDirtFartDust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatDirtFartDust Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 It will probably be an addendum for the owner's manual, or a letter of warning. But who knows, they may issue refunds for the value of the mats, or something like that. We'll find out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 My 2010 MKZ was delivered with the all-weather mats on top of the regular mats! I tossed them right back into the trunk, which is how they come from the factory. My 2012 had a different retention system from the 2010. The former had two lugs that grommets in the mat snapped over (as in the 2013-4) and the latter had a single hook. No doubt this change was made in the wake of the Toyota entrapped floor mat debacle. Yes, some common sense goes a long way here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatDirtFartDust Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 No doubt this change was made in the wake of the Toyota entrapped floor mat debacle. DING DING DING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Since they can't fix STUPID, I have to wonder how Ford will "fix" this "problem", other than try to educate the idiots that don't know how to install a floor mat. :kookie: There was a similar problem with the Toyota Camry, Toyota's 'fix' was to cut off the bottom of the gas pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatDirtFartDust Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You are getting new floor mats... probably. http://www.floormatprogram.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelinokc Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 I got my recall notice yesterday. I don't happen to have the all weather floor mats, though, so it'll go in the maintenance file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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