Fords in Hawaii recalled because of sunlight, heat damage to doors
DETROIT >>Ford is recalling about 830,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Mexico because parts in the side door latches can break and the doors can open while the vehicles are moving.
Ford says a faulty spring part can break, stopping the doors from latching. The company says the rate of problems is higher in states with high temperatures and sunlight exposure, so the recall is focused on all of Mexico and 16 states mainly in the south and west. States included are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Oregon and Washington.
The recall announced today covers certain 2013 to 2015 Ford Escape SUVs and C-Max cars, and 2012 to 2015 Focus cars. Also included are 2014 to 2016 Ford Transit Connect vans, and Ford Mustang sports cars and Lincoln MKC SUVs from 2015.
States were included even if only parts met the criteria for high temperatures and sunlight exposure, the company said.
Dealers will replace all latches in the recall states and Mexico. In other states they will replace the latches if they break.
The company says it knows of one crash and one injury that could have been caused by the problem.
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The recall will cost Ford about $270 million, and that figure will be included in the company’s third-quarter pretax results, Ford said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Door latches have been problematic for Ford during the past two years. In May of 2015 the company had to recall 692,000 small and midsize cars for a similar latch problem. At the time, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned owners of the cars to get them repaired as soon as they get a notice from Ford.
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That’s what happens when you make Fords in Mexico. There are just not there yet.
Is the installation inferior or the part defective? If parts purchased are defective, then supplier should be blamed.
ford knows how to make it properly, it’s just not cost efficient
cheaper to roll the dice and hope nobody dies?
Still amazes me that people still buy American labeled cars like GM and Ford when 90% of the critical parts are made 100% in Mexico. The only thing American about GM and Ford is that only a few of them are assembled in America. hahahahahaha
Mexico should just make guacamole, not cars.
Hey, at least cars won’t give you Listeria.
Do all there cars have Takata air bags? Made in Japan is not about quality anymore and safety anymore.