Consumer watchdog to probe Ford after Kuga recall

South Africa's National Consumer Commission (NCC) said it has launched a probe into the local unit of US automaker Ford over the recall of 4 500 Kuga SUVs after dozens of reports of the vehicles catching fire spontaneously. Ford's Southern Africa President and chief executive Jeff Nemeth in January said the company could confirm 39 incidents of the cars catching fire, as well as one death, which Nemeth said was not directly linked to the defect.