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Pintos and Bobcats recalled

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford Motor Co.'s planned safety corrections ‘failed badly” in U,S. government crash tests after the com- pany agreed to recall .5 million Pintos and 30,000 Nercury Bobcats, the federal safety agency Says.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader told of the failure Monday and the Naional Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) later confirmed it.

NHTSA spokesman Hal Parris said that after the failure of the planned corrections the agency forced Ford to go further with its modifications. The latest corrections appear to have remedied the problem of fires when the cars are hit from the rear.

Ford spokesman Chuck Gumushian said he could not say whether the additional corrections, if: gicen final geernment approval, will delay the recall program. Ford annunced the recall June 9, saying free

modifications would begin in September. .

The Ford spokesman also said he does not know whether t e additional corrections would make the recall more expensive than the company earlier esti- mated, ‘The company had said the cest would be $20 to $38 a car, or a otal of abaut $40 million if ali owners bring in their cars.

. AWARD FOR BURNS

The Pinto hashbeen a ighly publicized highway safets issue. In one lawsuit, 4 California jury awarded a severely burned teen-ager $128.5 million in damages because of a fiery explosion of a Pinto gasoline tank when the car was hit from the rear. AMOUNT LATER WAS REduced to $6.6 million. .

When Ford announced the recall, under pressure from NHTSA, the company said it would reilace the fuel-filler pipe and seal with a longer pipe and improved seal, and install a new polyethslene

shield across the front of the fuel tank.

But when the cars were tested by NHTSA, the fuel tank still leaked gasoline ina collision. This was the cn-

_ dition that led to the problem

of fires NHTSA cited.

In the latest test, con- ducted Friday, Parris said Ford added a second shield and improved the device that holds the tank.

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“There was no leakage,”’ he said. ‘Tt looks as thought is fix will do the job." eatety, hag never admitted a

ety problem, but agreed to the recall after NHTSA issued a preliminary finding of a fire risk,

The models affected bs the recall announced by Ford are all 1971-76 Pintos and

1975-76 jbkobcats, except:

station wagons.

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