Ford issued a recall for 42,652 examples of its 2022-2023 Bronco Sport and 2022 Escape SUVs to handle a gas leak attributable to a cracked gas injector. Autos geared up with 1.5-liter EcoBoost engines are included within the recall. The repair consists of the set up of a drain tube to redirect any leaking gas from the engine to the bottom together with a software program replace that provides gas injector leak detection to the engine management unit.
This would possibly sound eerily acquainted to house owners of those explicit autos. Again in November of 2022, Ford issued a a lot bigger recall overlaying an identical vary of Escape and Bronco Sport fashions that additionally included cracked gas injectors, a flash of the ECU and a gas drain tube. So, what is the deal?
In line with paperwork posted by the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration, “Ford’s Inside Combustion Engines Propulsion Thermal Programs Engineering (IPTSE) workforce had recognized leaks throughout component-level injector stream testing on gas injectors recovered from two Bronco Sport autos that had skilled underhood fires” that occurred after the unique recall “clear level.” In different phrases, these fires occurred on autos produced after the date at which they have been thought-about mounted.
These two autos had HX7G-9F597-BC gas injectors, an improved design over the older HX7G-9F597-BB elements, and so due to this fact weren’t included within the unique recall and didn’t obtain the software program replace or the gas drain tubes. “Ford’s resolution to not embrace the up to date engine management software program on these autos was primarily based on Ford’s evaluation of the brand new injectors’ improved robustness,” in line with paperwork posted on the NHTSA website. Ford is conscious of 5 underhood fires on autos with these up to date injectors however with out the up to date software program and drain tube.
Ford anticipate to mail proprietor notification letters in April 2024 (this month). House owners can even contact Ford customer support at 1-866-436-7332 and reference recall quantity 24S16. Naturally, all repairs can be carried out freed from cost.
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