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Ford registers record number of recalls

Ford service lots are swamped with vehicles waiting for repairs, though the exact recall number remains unspecified; even the news truck wasn't spared.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFord has registered a record number of recalls. Skip Waverly is at a dealership service lot with the line forming. Skip.

  2. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing at the edge of a service lot, and behind me there are about forty trucks waiting in a line that goes around the car wash.

  3. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA man just walked past me holding a coffee and a recall letter, and he looked relaxed about both.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRelaxed.

  5. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentVery. I grabbed one of the owners just a few minutes ago. Sir, what brings you out on a Sunday morning?

  6. Walt OstranderOh, the letter came Friday. My wife said it's the only mail we've gotten this year that wasn't a bill.

  7. Walt OstranderSo we made a morning of it. They have free donuts.

  8. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentFree donuts, Hank. The record is a record, but nobody here seems to be panicking. They're eating glazed.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip, a record is a number. How big?

  10. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe data doesn't give me the exact count, Hank, and I won't make one up. But I can tell you the donuts are running low.

  11. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentAnd I should mention, this live truck just got a letter taped to the windshield.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour truck is being recalled.

  13. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentIt's the one I rehearse my desk reads in, Hank. I might be going back with it.

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