Ford affords rides within the 2022 Bronco Sport on a check observe on the Chicago Auto Present on February 10, 2022. The automobile is a part of a recall for a possible battery defect.
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Ford is recalling almost 273,000 automobiles for a doable battery defect that, when current, may cause the automobile to lose drive energy.
The recall particularly covers Ford Bronco Sports activities from mannequin years 2021-2023, and Ford Maverick pickups from mannequin yr 2022 and 2023.
Based on documents Ford submitted to the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration, a producing defect may cause the batteries to degrade all of a sudden whereas driving. That may imply a lack of energy to equipment such because the hazard lights, or a automobile stalling out whereas coming to a cease. It might additionally go away a driver caught when the SUV or truck cannot restart after the engine stops mechanically, like at a crimson gentle.
As required in a security recall, Ford will restore the issue totally free.
Drivers can affirm if their automobile is roofed by this or some other recall at NHTSA.gov, or by utilizing the company’s “SaferCar” app.
Ford’s paperwork states the issue was found after a bigger recall final yr, which was additionally associated to automobiles dropping energy. On the time, Ford recognized an issue in onboard computer systems that monitor a automobile’s 12-volt battery. A recalibration was supposed to unravel the issue.
However even after that repair, some drivers have been reporting that their automobiles have been having battery points. So Ford took a re-assessment, and this time they discovered that 12-volt batteries from a selected provider had a number of manufacturing defects.
About 1% of the batteries in these automobiles are anticipated to have the defect. As a substitute of figuring out the faulty ones, Ford will swap out all of the batteries of that sort with higher-quality replacements.
