Detroit — The U.S. government's car information agency has opened an investigation into a Ford recall for gasoline leaks from cracked substance injectors that tin origin motor fires, saying successful documents that nan remedy doesn't hole nan leaks.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said successful nan documents posted Friday connected its website that nan probe will "evaluate nan adequacy and information consequences of nan remedy" that Ford specifies successful nan recall.
The agency moved pinch different speed, posting documents detailing nan "recall query" conscionable 2 days aft nan callback was made public.
The callback covers astir 43,000 Ford Bronco Sport SUVs from nan 2022 and 2023 exemplary years, and Escape SUVs from 2022. All person 1.5-liter engines.
The NHTSA said that substance injectors tin crack, causing gasoline aliases vapors to leak astatine a precocious complaint onto basking surfaces successful nan motor compartment.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Ford's remedy for nan leaks is installation of a drain conduit to nonstop nan state distant from basking surfaces and a package update to observe a unit driblet successful nan substance injection system. If that happens, nan package will disable nan precocious unit substance pump, trim motor powerfulness and trim temperatures successful nan motor compartment. Owners besides will get a "seek service" message.
But nan information agency said Ford's hole enables substance to drain from a cylinder caput spread to nan crushed beneath nan vehicles. "The callback remedy does not see replacement of nan cracked substance injector," nan agency said.
A connection was near early Friday seeking remark from Ford connected nan investigation.
Ford said it has reports of 5 under-hood fires and 14 warranty replacements of substance injectors, but nary reports of crashes aliases injuries.
In an email connected Wednesday, Ford said it isn't replacing substance injectors because it's assured nan callback repairs "will forestall nan nonaccomplishment from occurring and protect nan customer." The caller package triggers a dashboard informing ray and enables customers to thrust to a safe location, extremity nan conveyance and put for service, nan institution said. NHTSA documents revenge by Ford opportunity nan problem happens only successful astir 1% of nan SUVs.
The institution besides said it will widen warranty sum for cracked substance injectors, truthful owners who acquisition nan problem will get replacements. Ford said repairs are already disposable and specifications of nan extended warranty will beryllium disposable successful June.
Ford said nan callback is an hold of a 2022 callback for nan aforesaid problem. The repair has already been tested connected vehicles progressive successful nan erstwhile recall, and Ford said it's not alert of immoderate problems.
The institution besides said it isn't recommending that nan SUVs beryllium parked only outdoors because there's nary grounds that fires hap erstwhile vehicles are parked and nan engines are off.
Michael Brooks, executive head of nan nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, called Ford's remedy for nan substance leaks a "Band-aid type recall" and said nan institution is trying to debar nan costs of repairing nan substance injectors.
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