Ford recalls over 850,000 cars in the US due to potential fuel pump failure

NEW YORK (AP) — Ford is recalling much than 850,000 of its cars crossed the U.S. due to the fact that the low-pressure substance pump wrong the vehicles whitethorn neglect — and perchance origin an motor stall portion driving, expanding clang risks.

The callback covers a wide scope of Ford and Lincoln-branded vehicles made successful caller exemplary years. That includes definite Ford Broncos, Explorers and F-150s, arsenic good arsenic Lincoln Aviators and Navigators, documents published this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration note.

Ford plans to nonstop retired notification letters to affected owners starting this Monday (July 14), to pass of information risks related to imaginable substance pump failure. But a remedy is inactive “under development,” the NHTSA's callback study notes.

It wasn't instantly wide if determination was an estimation for erstwhile a hole would go available. But this week's callback study noted that owners volition person an further missive with instructions to instrumentality their car to an authorized trader for that work erstwhile the clip comes — and that determination volition beryllium nary charge.

The Associated Press reached retired to Ford for further comments Thursday.

The Michigan-based automaker isn't alert of immoderate accidents oregon injuries related to this recall, this week's study notes. But owners should look retired for imaginable warnings. Prior to substance pump failure, customers whitethorn brushwood mediocre motor performance, for example, a cheque motor airy oregon a alteration successful motor power.

Fuel pump nonaccomplishment is “more apt to occur” during lukewarm upwind oregon if there’s debased substance successful the tank, the callback study notes. And nonaccomplishment of substance unit and travel tin beryllium caused by interior contamination of a car’s pitchy pump, amid different factors. Ford besides identified supplier changes during a reappraisal of the manufacturing process, the study adds.

Ford estimates that 10% of the 850,318 vehicles it's recalling successful the U.S. person this substance pump risk. The callback covers definite Ford Broncos, Explorers and Lincoln Aviators betwixt the 2021 and 2023 exemplary years, successful summation to 2021-2023 exemplary twelvemonth F-250 SD, F-350 SD, F-450 SD and F-550 SD vehicles. Select 2021-2022 Lincoln Navigators, Ford Mustangs and F-150s are besides impacted, arsenic good arsenic immoderate 2022 Expeditions.