Ford Motor Company is recalling over 16-hundred vehicles due to a safety issue.  The recall is for the 2011 Ford Explorer, which in just January, more than 73-hundred of these vehicles were sold. 

Evidently there is a safety issue involving the second-row seats.  The company says the manual reclining mechanisms on the seats do not meet federal safety standards.  Effected vehicles were built between July 15th, 2010 and December 13th, 2010. 

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Just last week, Ford also recalled nearly 363-thousand F-150 pickups.  That recall was intiated because of a defective interior door handle.  Last week's recall in addition to this week's brings Ford's recall total to more than 900-thousand.  For the entire year of 2010, Ford recalled about 600-thousand vehicles.  Not a  very good start to 2011.

In case you drive a new Explorer, Ford plans to repair the recalled Explorers under warranty for any consumer who purchased one beginning February 14th, 2011.  Contact your Ford dealer or a dealer near you to get your recall taken care of.

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