Has Ford Become One Of The Worst Manufacturers?
Ford just announced four new recalls, adding to its ongoing quality issues. These latest campaigns include issues with the F-150, F-150 Hybrid, Expedition, Lincoln Navigator SUVs, and the Transit Connect.
Key Points
- Ford has announced four new recalls, adding to its ongoing quality issues, including problems with the F-150, Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, F-150 Hybrid, and Transit Connect.
- The recalls address misaligned oil plugs causing potential leaks, faulty seatbelt pretensioners, high-voltage battery junction box fuse failures, and overheating issues in Transit Connect vans due to incorrect software.
- These recalls follow several other recent actions, highlighting ongoing quality control issues for the automaker, which has already faced numerous recalls across different model lines in recent weeks.
The first recall captures 4,163 vehicles equipped with Ford's 3.5-liter V6 engine. The model matrix includes the 2024-2025 Ford F-150, Expedition, and 2024 Lincoln Navigator,
Ford has found that some of these engines were built with a misaligned oil plug in the cylinder head, which could lead to a massive oil leak and subsequent fire risk. Dealers will inspect the engine cup plug alignment and replace the plug if necessary.
The second recall affects 105,322 2018-2020 Expedition and Navigator SUVs due to a faulty seatbelt pretensioner in the front seats. In these vehicles, the seatbelt may fail to extend or retract properly, potentially posing a safety risk. Ford will inspect and replace the faulty retractors as necessary.
Next up, a small recall involving just 47 Ford F-150 Hybrid trucks built this year. The problem involves the high-voltage battery junction box fuse. The wrong fuse may have been installed during assembly, and if the fuse fails, it could result in a total loss of drive power, making the vehicle inoperable.
Finally, 152 2019-2020 Ford Transit Connect vans are being recalled for overheating issues caused by incorrect powertrain control module (PCM) software. These vans were mistakenly left with the wrong software code even after a previous service bulletin was issued in 2020, and Ford is now requiring an upgrade to the PCM software to prevent further issues.
These recalls add to Ford’s already lengthy list of recalls in recent weeks, including issues with malfunctioning cameras, windows failing to retract, and other quality problems, including an inability to correctly administer recalls.
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Ford had to find a way to compete with Stellantis.
I'm afraid that Ford never mastered the art of building even a semi-reliabile turbo engine. The turbo threes in their entry-level models are the worst, but their turbo fours and turbo V-6s are not much better.