S African watchdog fines carmaker Ford for SUV fires
South Africa's consumer watchdog on Friday slapped a 35 million rand (USD 2.3 million) fine on US car giant Ford after dozens of its Kuga SUVs caught fire without warning.
Following 160 complaints from consumers, the National Consumer Commission (NCC) said investigations showed that "a cooling system failure" was to blame.
Thezi Mabuza, head of the NCC, said "this resulted in the vehicles being unsafe at the time of the fires."
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