Ford issued a recall for 42,652 examples of its 2022-2023 Bronco Sport and 2022 Escape SUVs to handle a gasoline leak attributable to a cracked gasoline injector. Autos geared up with 1.5-liter EcoBoost engines are included within the recall. The repair contains the set up of a drain tube to redirect any leaking gasoline from the engine to the bottom together with a software program replace that provides gasoline injector leak detection to the engine management unit.
This would possibly sound eerily acquainted to house owners of those specific autos. Again in November of 2022, Ford issued a a lot bigger recall protecting the same vary of Escape and Bronco Sport fashions that additionally included cracked gasoline injectors, a flash of the ECU and a gasoline drain tube. So, what is the deal?
In response to paperwork posted by the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration, “Ford’s Internal Combustion Engines Propulsion Thermal Systems Engineering (IPTSE) team had identified leaks during component-level injector flow testing on fuel injectors recovered from two Bronco Sport vehicles that had experienced underhood fires” that occurred after the unique recall “clean point.” 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 gasoline injectors, an improved design over the older HX7G-9F597-BB elements, and so subsequently weren’t included within the authentic recall and didn’t obtain the software program replace or the gasoline drain tubes. “Ford’s decision not to include the updated engine control software on these vehicles was based on Ford’s assessment of the new injectors’ improved robustness,” in accordance with paperwork posted on the NHTSA web site. 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). Homeowners may also contact Ford customer support at 1-866-436-7332 and reference recall quantity 24S16. Naturally, all repairs will probably be executed freed from cost.
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