If you own one of the following Ford or Lincoln vehicles with an outstanding safety recall for potentially faulty Takata-sourced airbag inflators, which could explode and send shrapnel throughout the interior, Ford has an advisory for you: Do not drive your car. Park it, immediately, then work on getting it repaired. The automaker issued a do-not-drive advisory to compel owners who've yet to bring their affected cars in for repairs to do so, taking the dramatic step as a way of showing those owners how serious it is.

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Ford has racked up many recalls over the last few years, and the costs are weighing down its bottom line. The automaker reported its second-quarter financial results this week and revealed that recall and warranty costs hit $2.3 billion over the last three months, costing the company $25.5 million a day. That's up a whopping $800 million compared to the first quarter.

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Ford issues a do-not-drive order for over 765,000 vehicles

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The do-not-drive advisory from Ford is for owners of some vehicles who have not had them repaired under three past safety recalls.

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Two automakers on Tuesday issued “Do Not Drive” warnings for hundreds of thousands of vehicles equipped with recalled and unprepared Takata airbags. Ford Motor on Tuesday said there are roughly 765,600 airbag inflators in Ford and Lincoln vehicles around the world, including 374,300 in the U.S. Ninety-five percent of U.S. customers have answered the automaker’s more than 121 million outreach attempts.

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Attention Ford and Mazda drivers. The automobile manufacturers have issued an urgent "do not drive" warning for more than 457,000 vehicles that may carry defective airbags that have injured hundreds and killed dozens of people. According to a release by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the warning covers...

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Ford Motor Co. and Mazda North American Operations have issued urgent “Do Not Drive” warnings for more than 457,000 vehicles equipped with recalled, unrepaired Takata air bags. If you have one of these vehicles, do not drive it until the repair is completed and the defective air bag is replaced.

Consumer Alert: Ford, Mazda Issue “Do Not Drive” Warnings for Vehicles with Recalled Takata Air Bags

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It’s been 11 years since the infamous Takata airbag recall first began, and it feels like pretty much every car in North America has been subject...

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