The company has voluntarily stepped up to say they will do the investigation and they hired a consultant who will do work and the information is shared with both agencies.

He did voluntarily appear and give evidence as a witness in an ongoing homicide investigation.

Given the turnaround plan that we announced last month and my new role in the company, it was imperative that we have a management team structure that ensures efficiency, accountability and faster decision making.

We commend Ford for stepping up, being very cooperative and voluntarily recalling these vehicles, ... Our investigation is ongoing, and we intend to keep it open because we want to find the root cause of the failure and make sure that we've identified the totality of the problem.

We are always evaluating ways to right-size our company, but we can't speculate on the details of those plans.

It is really going to have a chilling (effect), but that's what the company appears to be after.