Ford's problems with leaky cruise-control switches (which can potentially start vehicle fires) continue. After an Oct. 9 letter to regulators detailed incidents of switch fires on Windstar minivans from model years 1995 to 2003, the company recalled 1.1 million affected vehicles. Now, with the addition of 3.4 million recalled vehicles with the cruise-control deactivation switch -- mostly pickups and SUVs such as the diesel-powered Excursion and F-250 Super Duty, Econoline, Explorer/Mountaineer, Ranger and F53 Motorhome -- the total jumps to just over four times that number. (All new recalls are from model years 1992 to 2003, and, it should be noted, no fires have been reported.