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850K Fords Recalled For Suddenly StallingAbout 850,000 Fords are being recalled for a fault which can lead to them stalling out while they’re being driven. That can in turn cause problems operating the steering and brakes, leading to a crash. But the reason for the recall is something amazingly simple.
Nissan recalls over 480,000 vehicles for sudden engine failures.
Hopefully that means the remedy for this rather dangerous problem isn’t complex. Ford so far doesn’t have a fix for the issue, but one should be ready soon.
In a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall notice, the government regulatory agency reveals the problem is a low pressure fuel pump which can fail. Not having gas going to an engine will cause it to stall out.
Unfortunately, many newer popular Ford models are impacted by this recall, even though there’s nothing owners can do about having it fixed right now. The recalled Fords are 2021 to 2023 Broncos, Explorers, F-250 SD, F-350 HD, F-450 SD, F-550 SD, and Lincoln Aviators; 2021 to 2022 Mustangs, F-150s, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigators.
There are signs the fuel pumps is starting to fail, says Ford. It’s nothing surprising to anyone who’s experienced fuel pump problems before, but the signs include misfiring or running rough, along with a general decline in engine performance. The check engine light might also be triggered.
Ford wants the most likely scenarios for when vehicle owners will experience the problem are when the fuel level in the tank is low, during warm weather, and “hot fuel conditions in the fuel tank.” That’s great news to hear considering we’re in the middle of summer.
Enough people complained to NHTSA back in September 2022 that an investigation into the problem was launched. Regulators were able to conclude that the affected fuel pumps had some sort of contaminants on the “jet pump orifices” so the flow of fuel was partially blocked.
Not shockingly, the increased complexity of new vehicles seems to be the culprit for this problem. In the NHTSA notice, the federal agency says, “Ford found that the supplier had made changes to the jet pump process to accommodate an increase in build complexity in June 2021 and identified that a tier 3 supplier for the GEN 4.6 fuel pump pumping chamber was not statistically capable for internal clearances and utilizing the full tolerance range of the supplier specifications.”
It's amazing, we’re seeing a huge wave of safety recalls and a lot of them are thanks to increasingly complex systems all to satisfy increasingly complex federal regulations. This is in part why we’ve cheered the end of CAFE fuel economy enforcements.
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