Nov 24 (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) is recalling 634,000 sport utility autos (SUVs) worldwide over hearth dangers from doable cracked gasoline injectors and can urge homeowners to have their vehicles inspected, it mentioned on Thursday.
America’s No.2 automaker by gross sales mentioned the recall covers 2020-2023 mannequin yr Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs with 3 cylinder, 1.5 liter engines, together with many additionally recalled in April as a result of an oil separator housing may crack and develop a leak that would trigger an engine hearth. Automobiles repaired beneath the sooner recall will nonetheless want the brand new recall repair, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration mentioned.
Ford mentioned when engines within the SUVs coated by the newest recall are working, a cracked gasoline injector may trigger gasoline or gasoline vapor to build up close to sizzling surfaces, doubtlessly leading to hearth beneath the hood.
As soon as repairs can be found sellers will replace car software program to detect whether or not a gasoline injector is cracked and supply a dashboard message to alert drivers.
“If a strain drop within the gasoline rail is detected, engine energy will routinely be diminished to attenuate any threat, whereas additionally permitting prospects to drive to a protected location and cease the car and organize for service,” Ford added.
Sellers may also set up a tube draining gasoline from the cylinder head and away from sizzling surfaces and test for extreme gasoline odor close to the highest of the engine.
The recall covers about 520,000 autos in the USA and about 114,000 in different nations.
Ford mentioned it has 54 complete studies of 1.5 liter under-hood fires, together with 4 with cracked gasoline injectors. About 13 others have been most likely brought on by a leaking gasoline injector.
There aren’t any deaths linked to the recall.
Ford mentioned it isn’t telling homeowners to cease driving autos beneath this recall. The corporate initiatives a low failure fee for gasoline injectors experiencing exterior leaks.
Reporting by David Shepardson in Petaluma, California
Enhancing by David Goodman and Nick Zieminski
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