Ford points recall for greater than 694,000 Bronco Sport, Escape autos for gas injector defect

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Ford launched a recall for over 694,000 Bronco Sport and Escape autos that might undergo a gas leak inside their engine compartments due to a defective half, doubtlessly posing a fireplace danger.

The recall facilities on a gas injector inside sure 2021-2024 Bronco Sport and 2020-2022 Escape autos that includes 1.5-liter engines, in keeping with a Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) recall report. 

The automaker mentioned within the recall report that the gas injector “may crack, resulting in fuel or vapor migrating to and accumulating near ignition sources, resulting in potential underhood fire.” 

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The recall was introduced this week, with house owners slated to get preliminary letters within the mail in mid-August informing them of the issue and an “interim remedy” that dealerships will present, per the recall report.

It “expands and replaces” remembers that Ford issued in November 2022 and March 2024, in keeping with the NHTSA.

“This safety recall supersedes the prior recalls and will include a new remedy for this issue, which is currently under development and expects to be finalized in the near future,” Ford mentioned in its assertion to FOX Enterprise. 

The automaker mentioned it was “also recalling an additional population of vehicles produced with these injectors that were not previously recalled.” 

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The “interim remedy” will probably be an replace to the engine management software program that can “include fuel injector leak detection,” in keeping with the recall report. Ford mentioned it would “help detect cracked injectors and mitigate the fire risk.” 

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Homeowners will obtain one other letter telling them to convey their recalled Ford Bronco Sport and Escape autos, together with these topic to the previous remembers, to dealerships as soon as the ultimate resolution to the difficulty is prepared, the recall report mentioned. 

A Ford Motor Escape sports activities utility automobile (SUV) parked in an overflow lot in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. A scarcity in automotive semiconductor chips has triggered automobile producers to reduce manufacturing of vehicle (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

Whereas the automaker mentioned it was “aware of underhood fire incidents related to this condition,” they haven’t triggered any accidents. 

The sector service motion to handle the gas injectors within the Bronco Sport and Escape autos, in addition to sure 2019-2024 Kuga autos, will price roughly $570 million “based on remedy options we are evaluating,” Ford mentioned in a Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) submitting. 

That determine “will be reflected in our second quarter 2025 results” however gained’t weigh on its adjusted earnings earlier than curiosity and taxes, adjusted earnings per share or adjusted free money move, in keeping with the corporate. 

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Ford introduced late final month that it plans to publish its second-quarter outcomes after the bell on July 30. 

Ford Motor Co. signage is displayed exterior a dealership because the Basic Motors Co. (GM) headquarters constructing stands within the distance in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.S. automakers are surging, whereas Detroit is in such misery (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs  / Getty Photographs)

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In the course of the first quarter of the 12 months, the automaker generated practically $40.7 billion in whole income. Its web revenue for the primary three months of the 12 months, in the meantime, got here in at $473 million.