⚠️ Recall 23S27 & Delivery Hold on 2.5L Maverick Hybrids for Under Hood Fire (Notice Date 5/31/23)

[zf1]

My May 18th built hybrid is affected.
Will the dealer be sitting on the vehicle until Q4 when (maybe) a remedy becomes available?
That is about 6 months away!

Will the dealer be financing the car sitting on its lot it can't sell for 6 months? That's a lot of money sitting there.

I will be buying a 6 months old car in Q4 after it was sitting for 6 months in a parking lot waiting for the recall? Is that still a "new" car after 6 months? Would you still buy it as one?

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[crunchie_frog]

Makes you wonder what the repair is for “isolated manufacturing issues can cause engine failure”.

 

[kjs]

No kidding...especially when the issue is "isolated" to seemingly every hybrid Maverick engine ever made up until a couple weeks ago.

Mine has a build date of 5/25. What are the odds they figured the issue out and fixed production already?


Edit: Sounds like it's NOT all hybrid engines...which is an important distinction.

 

[Onceforall]

well well...I wonder how this fits in with my timeline. In production on 18th, built on 19th...

 

[TheBrightEck]

Wonder what this means for those of us scheduled for build in July…

 

[jsus]

Here is the Recall

Reads like an admission that Chihuahua Engine Plant has produced this engine with less than the expected quality level, in a manner in which they cannot be sure which parts were improperly manufactured or when... Not terribly confidence-inspiring there, Ford.

 

[OleFordGuy]

Lord have Mercy

 

[Sirk]

After a 555 day wait, I picked up my hybrid last week.
After patiently waiting all that time, I'd be extremely disappointed if my dealer informed me they are withholding delivery for several more months because of this recall.

No loud noises so far. I will keep driving it.

 

[Tailender]

I've got 20k on my hybrid and no knocking or smoking. Didn't they cause a panic over the bottom plate needing holes because your truck was going to burst into flames?

 

[jsus]

I've got 20k on my hybrid and no knocking or smoking. Didn't they cause a panic over the bottom plate needing holes because your truck was going to burst into flames?

22S47 was to address the general concept that an engine failure (due to manufacturing defect or otherwise) could lead to engine fire. The "repair" was to increase ventilation into the engine bay, by removing 4 AGS vanes and adding vent holes to the aero cover underneath. The idea being that increased ventilation would help the hot oil and/or fuel vapors disperse rather than accumulating in the air and on the hot surfaces of the engine. It did not address a manufacturing defect that would lead to engine failure itself.

23S27 (new one in this thread) indicates that there actually are unspecified manufacturing defects that occurred at unspecified times dating back essentially to the start of production of the current 2.5L engine. It's been in use since 2020 Escape and Corsair launched back in 2019. Fusion used a 2.0L version through MY 2020 and C-Max did through MY 2018.

Either they really do have no idea which of these engines are defective and how, or they haven't finished narrowing it down. Sounds like we have up to 7 months to wait to get more information on what defects they're worried about and how they plan to go about fixing this...

 

[commadorebob]

Ford has half their inventory on a Stop Delivery.

 

[B. Maverick]

Question: When Ford talks about the 4th Quarter, is that on the fiscal year (so coming up right now) or is it calendar year (December 2023)?

 

[Ponchsox]

Damn, I’m REALLY glad a found a hybrid a few weeks ago. Let’s hope everything is ok.

 

[Syntax Error]

Wow, glad I was able to pick up my Hybrid before this recall notice came out, but that really sucks for people who are at the home stretch and now are looking at a potential months-long delay on taking delivery of their vehicle.

 

[Braderick]

Maybe this is why my build date Mysteriously disappeared from tracking, a few weeks back.

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