LEAKED MEMO: Ford's 2018-2022 Safety Recall Is This Generation's Ford Pinto — But With Brakes
Auto historians are drawing eerie parallels between Ford’s massive 2018-2022 safety recall and the infamous Ford Pinto gas tank scandal of the 1970s. Documents suggest Ford knew about failing brake booster seals for years before acting, raising echoes of the cost-benefit analysis that let Pinto drivers burn—until class-action fury forced a fix. Now, with over 2 million vehicles affected, regulators are demanding answers as drivers fear another corporate cover-up in plain sight.