Recall Alert: Ford Bronco Sport, Escape

Ford has issued a recall for greater than half 1,000,000 SUVs as a result of a gas leak can set off an engine hearth. Recalled fashions embrace 2021-2023 Bronco Sport and 2020-2023 Escape SUVs geared up with 1.5-liter 3-cylinder engines.

In paperwork filed with federal security regulators, Ford explains {that a} gas injector within the 1.5-liter engine can crack for causes nonetheless beneath investigation, which may result in gas vapor accumulating. Because it builds up close to sizzling engine surfaces, it could ignite exterior the engine’s ignition chambers.

Ford is conscious of 54 stories of engine fires within the recalled fashions and 4 reported accidents. The corporate says that it isn’t instructing house owners to park exterior, away from different autos.

Ford warns that house owners could odor gas inside or exterior the cabin as a leak develops.

To right the issue, sellers will “replace the engine management software program to incorporate gas injector leak detection.” They may even set up a drain tube to take away any leaked gas. Recall repairs are all the time free.

In a press release, Ford says house owners can “convey your SUV in for service, or you’ll be able to prepare to have it picked up, repaired, and returned at your comfort.”

Ford spokesperson Maria Buczkowski informed the Detroit Free Press the corporate has additionally “prolonged the guarantee to cowl cracked gas injectors for as much as 15 years.”

Many automobiles are recalled to repair security defects, typically greater than as soon as. Automakers attempt to attain each proprietor to ask them to convey the automobile in for restore, however they not often attain all of them. Thousands and thousands of autos on American roads want free recall repairs. Examine the simple VIN software at our recall heart to search out out in case your automotive is one in all them.