Ford is recalling more than 680,000 cars in two recalls to fix problems with seat belt pretensioners and faulty seatback welds. About 680,872 of the cars are the 2013-16 Ford Fusion, 2013-15 Lincoln MKZ and 2016 Ford Mondeo that have front driver and passenger seat belt anchor pretensioner cables that can break in a crash. Pretensioners help to protect an occupant by quickly and forcefully pulling the occupant into the seat during a crash. The automaker says it knows of two accidents and two injuries associated with breaking cables, a problem Ford blames on increased temperatures that occur when the pretensioners deploy.
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