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The Ford Motor Company recalls nearly half a million cars in the U.S. for safety reasons, following a discovery that they have hoses for the brake calipers for the brake that are at risk of breaking.
The company announced Wednesday that it will release a reminder of impact on 2015-2018 Ford Edge cars built at its Oakville Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada from June 25, 2014 to December 21. 2017, as well as 2016-2018 Lincoln MKX cars built at the same location between November 11, 2014 and December 21, 2017.
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“Ford is unaware of reports of accidents or injuries related to this condition,” the company said in a press release.
Ford said the recall affected 488,594 cars in the U.S. and U.S. territories, plus an additional 62,876 cars in Canada and 7,140 in Mexico.
Owners of these cars can bring them to dealers, who will replace the hoses with new ones that have what Ford said is a “revised braid material.”
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Ford also announced two other reminders that address separate issues affecting a relatively small number of cars. The first affects certain 2020 Lincoln Corsair cars that “may have insufficient clearance between the left and right rear coil fields and the toe button bracket.”
Ford said this could result in the removal of the protective coating from the car’s spool, which could lead to breakage and exhaustion of the car, which would pose a danger to other cars on the road.
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That recall affected 2,965 U.S. cars, 491 in Canada and 141 cars in Mexico. The cars were all built in Ford’s Louisville, Ky. Plant in 2019, between 7 Jan and 21 October. Owners can bring their cars to a dealer, who will inspect them and make necessary adjustments and replacements.
The other reminder includes 2020 Ford F-150 cars built at the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri on June 30 and July 1 of this year. Ford says the 431 affected cars have a faulty mounting nut that secures the positive battery cable, which could result in an unsafe connection to the starter.
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The company warned that this could lead to increased potential for incremental heat generation during the start cycle and electrical arcing, and could lead to a fire, although no fires have been reported. Owners can bring their car to a dealer for a replacement utility.
The company said they were unaware of reports of injuries or accidents related to any of these memories.
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