AFTER six recalls to correct problems with millions of Ford Motor Company cruise-control switches blamed for almost 1,500 fires, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took an unusual step. In February, it issued a consumer advisory urging owners whose vehicles had not yet been fixed to have the switches disconnected immediately.

“Vehicles are continuing to catch fire and buildings are continuing to catch fire because the remedy hasn’t been effected yet,” Rae Tyson, a spokesman for the safety agency, said. “This is a defect that could possibly have dire consequences, and we wanted to do what we could to try to make people more aware of the need to get vehicles back to the dealer quickly — if not for the permanent remedy, at least for a short-term remedy.”

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