text: Ford to Check 740,000 SUVs for Glitch  DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;F.N&lt;/A&gt; announced plans on  Monday to notify about 740,000 owners of 2004 model-year  Explorers and Mercury Mountaineers of a potential transmission  problem in the popular sport utility vehicles.