Pretoria (AFP) - US motor giant Ford announced Monday the recall of 4,500 1.6-litre Kuga cars in South Africa over safety fears, after nearly 40 incidents in which vehicles were reported to have burst into flames.
"We are now announcing a voluntary safety recall of the Kuga 1.6," Ford South Africa chief executive Jeffrey Nemeth told a press conference in Pretoria.
"We can confirm that a total of 39 incidents have been reported to Ford... there may be some incidents that have not yet been reported to us."