Ford is asking the homeowners of 350,000 SUVs from the 2021 mannequin 12 months to take them to sellers for repairs as a result of the engines can catch hearth.
Ford says in U.S. authorities paperwork posted Thursday that it does not know what’s inflicting fires in some Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs from the 2021 mannequin 12 months.
2863 of the automobiles had been offered in Canada: 2,354 Expeditions, and 509 Navigators.
Homeowners are being suggested to park them outdoors if attainable as a result of engine fires have been reported even when the automobiles weren’t in use.
Ford has stories of 16 fires below the hood, 12 of which began when the engine was off. One individual was burned.
Making an attempt to inform prospects
To this point it hasn’t developed a restore for the fires, which seem to start out behind the engine compartment on the passenger facet.
Ford says it is treating the recall urgently and can use apps and mail to inform prospects as quickly because it develops a listing of auto homeowners and addresses.
“We’re working across the clock to find out the basis explanation for this situation and subsequent treatment in order that prospects can proceed to take pleasure in utilizing their automobiles,” Jeffrey Marentic, normal supervisor of Ford passenger automobiles, mentioned in an announcement.
Ford started investigating hearth stories on March 24. It says the fires look like restricted to SUVs constructed from Dec. 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. The corporate says it has no hearth stories from automobiles constructed earlier than or after these dates.
