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Mar 04, 2012Explorer
I am not convinced it is a "ticking time bomb" yet.
We are still not sure it is a widespread failure that will expand to many units or a large % of units in field, or a small number of units.
The evidence of the same pump failing across a range of applications from different makers, all centered on the same manufacturer's pump is not good.
But the jury is out.
And no definitive cause has been made public --- Bosch may know, VW might, but Ford and GM, I seriously believe, do not know.
At least I take Ford at their word that they did not know in the NHTSA filing.
We are still not sure it is a widespread failure that will expand to many units or a large % of units in field, or a small number of units.
The evidence of the same pump failing across a range of applications from different makers, all centered on the same manufacturer's pump is not good.
But the jury is out.
And no definitive cause has been made public --- Bosch may know, VW might, but Ford and GM, I seriously believe, do not know.
At least I take Ford at their word that they did not know in the NHTSA filing.
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