Ford investigator pours cold water on assertions of expert witness in Kuga fire inquiry

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John Loud, the principal fire investigator hired by the motoring giant, attempted to douse assertions by private forensic investigator Daniel Joubert that the fire was caused by an electronic fault in the car's body control module.

Ford's fightback in the high court inquiry into whether a fault in its Kuga range of luxury SUVs led to the fire which killed Reshall Jimmy in 2015 continued on Tuesday.

Testifying in the Cape Town High Court, Loud said flames seen coming out of the windows of the car in video footage taken about a minute after it started did not match the positioning of the body control module.Courtesy of his brother Kaveen Jimmy However, the flames were coming from the other side of the car, and this ruled out the body control module as a source of the fire.

 

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Ford must do the right thing. But hey, even Momentum cheated day light. And only came to senses after the public scrutiny.

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