Over 870,000 Ford F-150 vehicles recalled attributable to self-activating parking brake

Ford has issued a recall that applies to greater than 870,000 items of the F-150 constructed between the 2021 and 2023 mannequin years. The vehicles included within the marketing campaign are outfitted with a faulty digital parking brake system that may activate unexpectedly, even whereas driving.

Assigned recall quantity 23V-509 by the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA), the marketing campaign contains 870,701 items of the F-150 constructed between January 8, 2020, and February 25, 2023. Ford estimates that the defect is current in solely about 1% of the recalled vehicles. The corporate hasn’t offered an inventory of which trim degree(s) are affected, although it notes that the recall solely contains vehicles outfitted with a single exhaust system. It provides that, in these pickups, “the rear axle wiring harness bundle could contact the rear axle housing.”

The wire that prompts the digital parking brake is a part of this harness. If it is broken, the circuit can quick to floor and activate the parking brake with out the driving force’s enter, which may trigger an accident. Ford notes that drivers may even see a parking brake warning mild and an error message within the instrument cluster earlier than the issue happens. It provides that it is not conscious of any accidents or accidents associated to the difficulty, nevertheless it has obtained 918 guarantee claims and three fields experiences. Corrosion on the rear axle housing tends to wreck the wiring even quicker.

Ford will attain out to homeowners of affected vehicles by mail on September 11, 2023. They will be requested to carry their F-150 to a licensed service heart so {that a} technician can examine the rear axle’s wiring harness and substitute it if the protecting tape is broken. If it is not broken, the supplier will set up a tie strap and tape wrap to guard it. Homeowners who’ve already paid to repair this challenge will be capable of ask for reimbursement.

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