U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said in documents posted Monday on its website that it upgraded the investigation to an engineering analysis, a step closer to a recall.
The investigation now covers Ford’s F-150 pickup truck, as well as Explorer, Bronco and Edge SUVs and Lincoln Nautilus and Aviator SUVs. All are from the 2021 and 2022 model years and are equipped with 2.7-liter or 3.0-liter V6 turbocharged engines.
For those wondering what the actual issue is (because I was):
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that: “under normal driving conditions, the engines can lose power due to catastrophic engine failure related to allegedly faulty valves”
Cool. Now do the 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.3 ecoboosts.
Don’t forget their wet/dry automatic transmissions, or their fuse boxes on the fiesta/focus.
I have a 2015 Focus ST with the 2.0 Ecoboost, honestly, most reliable car I have ever owned. Bought it new with like 300ish miles on it, it’s at 105k now never missed a beat, and it definitely has taken some beating 😅. Maybe I’m lucky?
I have heard great things about the reliability of the Focus ST/RS, but not when those engines are in other cars.
Well the RS had the whole head gasket issue. Wonder if they put the Monday/Tuesday engines in their sporty cars and the later in the week ones in everything else 😅
Good, now do the 3.5 and 3.7 with the internal water pump.
Ford is not having a good couple of weeks.
They are not including any electric motors. They have included two more Internal Combustion Engines.
Important to make these distinctions in the age of ICE, Hybrid and EVs being common. People don’t really know the difference usually but motors are usually a lot less prone to failure than engines. Explosions aren’t healthy!
Engines are a type of motor
I don’t think everyone agrees with that statement. https://www.kia.com/dm/discover-kia/ask/is-an-engine-a-motor.html
If you work with this stuff often the vernacular is a bit clearer than the typical person off the street.
In the United States, it’s called the department of motor vehicles. It would be pretty weird if almost all motor vehicles lacked motors.
KIA may not agree with that, but they’re also wrong. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/motor
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/motor
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/motor
Hopefully I don’t need to keep linking dictionaries.
Okay start calling gas engines “Internal Combustion Motors” around some car types. See how long until someone calls you out as an idiot and you can bring up your dictionary and show them how you’re right and they’re wrong.
Or, I’ll just keep calling them engines/motors like everyone else does. Also, I am a car type.
Sometimes I see new broncos and I’m jealous, but now I have this knowledge so I don’t need to be.
Also tiny 2.7L turbo v6? Pathetic
I thought my Toyota’s 4L v6 was small, now I feel better. Some day I’ll save up and buy the TRD supercharger kit :)
