U.S. auto-safety regulators are looking into complaints that exhaust fumes, which can contain potentially lethal carbon monoxide, may build up inside Ford Motor Co. (F) sport-utility vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration action on model year 2011-2014 Explorers follows reports filed by SUV owners and a lawsuit that contends Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford “knew or should have known” that hundreds of thousands of its vehicles are dangerous.
