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Ford Facing New Tire Recall. TheCarConnection.com Offers Consumer Tips On Tire Safety, Reports on the Background of the Firestone Fiasco.

19 September 2000

Ford Facing New Tire Recall. TheCarConnection.com Offers Consumer Tips On Tire Safety, Reports on the Background of the Firestone Fiasco.

    DETROIT, Sept. 19 Ford Motor Co. is facing its second tire
recall in little more than a month, though only a few accidents -- and no
deaths nor injuries -- have been reported as the result of the problem with
Continental General Tires' ContiTrac AS tires.
    TheCarConnection.com has the complete breaking details on this story.  A
special edition of TCC also offers consumers a Tire Primer, a guide to safely
getting the most out of your tires.  "Tires are the Rodney Dangerfield of the
auto industry," says one industry expert.  "They're difficult to get excited
about."  But as the recall of 6.5 million Firestone tires makes clear, you
have a lot riding on the rubber.  Tires are anything but invulnerable, yet
that's something most consumers forget.  It's easy to check and maintain your
tires, and TheCarConnection.com will show motorists how.
    TCC's special report also provides a backgrounder on how the Firestone
tire problem developed -- and exploring the ways it will be resolved.
    You'll find all this and more, anything automotive, from news to reviews
to buying and selling tips -- only on TheCarConnection.com .
    Web users also can access The Car Connection by going to the PR Newswire
site http://www.prnewswire.com .