U.S. Regulators Consider Probe of Ford Sedan Lighting

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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will reconsider investigating more than half a million Ford Motor Co. cars with possibly defective lighting controls. Six years ago, the agency decided not to recall the large cars.

The Transportation Department said in a notice posted on its website that the Office of Defects Investigation received a petition from the North Carolina Consumers Council Inc. requesting an investigation of headlight and exterior lighting failures on 517,945 Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis sedans from the 2003 to 2005 model years. The lighting malfunction is said to occur while the vehicles are in motion.