The National Consumer Commission (NCC) is in the final stages of its investigation into the Ford Kuga debacle, in which several vehicles burst into flames, and plans to wrap up its probe by the end of March, commissioner Ebrahim Mohamed said on Friday.The target date for completing the report and having it finally approved is the end of April.The fires affected the Ford Kuga 1.6 Ecoboost, and the commission’s first response was to initiate a product recall under the Consumer Protection Act.An arrangement has been made between the commission and the attorneys of Ford that the commission will provide them with draft findings and recommendations prior to the commission approving the final report, Mohamed told Parliament’s trade and industry portfolio committee.He said the overarching objective of the investigation was to establish whether Ford or its sister companies in Spain and the US had perhaps committed a "prohibited conduct" by supplying the Ford Kuga 1.6 Ecoboost in to the South...
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