Detroit, MI — April 28, 2015 — The Washington Post reported on a series of new recalls released by Ford this week, concerning a range of cars in the United States, Canada and Mexico. As the source describes, some of these recalls relate to previous ones, but they tackle different issues focused on various auto parts and systems.
All together, these recalls concern around 600,000 vehicles: the smallest of these affects just 92 Ford F-150 models produced this year in the U.S. and Canada, and has to do with the vehicles’ heat shields, which may be badly attached or missing. While not as widespread a recall, it does leave these trucks at possible risk of fire.
A Lincoln MKZ recall pertains to overly bright park lamps, and another one affects multiple cars that may be subject to a nickel plating-related problem with their fuel pumps. The most significant recall, though, involves more than 500,000 Ford Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and Ford Edge autos that have loose bolts around the steering gear motor.
In the press release from the company covering all four recalls, posted to Autoblog, Ford explained the possible consequences of this last defect.
“If the steering gear motor bolts fracture, the steering system may default to manual steering mode, making the vehicle more difficult to steer, especially at lower speeds,” the source said. “This would not result in a loss of steering, but could result in an increased risk of a crash.” None of these recalls have led to any injuries, the release said, though the nickel plating recall has led to “allegation of an accident.”
One release can accommodate many recalls like this, but each one has to be issued at the proper time and through the correct channels to have the desired effect.
