The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration examines almost 1.3 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks in the USA for reports on unexpected equipment that is accompanied by a temporary rear wheel lock.
NHTSA said on Monday that a preliminary assessment opened from the model years 2015 to 2017 in some Ford F-1550 pickup trucks after they received complaints from 138 consumers.
Complaints stated that unexpected gears without warning or driver input with motorway speeds lowering the gears, followed by the vehicle that was quickly required.
A Ford spokesman said on Monday that the car manufacturer “works with NHTSA to support his investigation” and refers to vehicles with six-speed transmissions.
Ford did not comment on the request of CBC News about the effects on consumers in Canada, and Transport Canada was not immediately available for reaction.
NHTSA opens up a preliminary evaluation in the problem and then has to decide whether the probe should be updated to a technical analysis before requesting a callback.
A complaint from 2023 by an owner in Ohio of a 2016 F-150 said that while driving on the highway with 70 miles per hour “the truck automatically thrown me through the windshield from the 6th gear”.
Many owners reported long waiting to receive spare parts.
Some complaints said that the rear wheels of the vehicle temporarily blocked, confiscated or slide while pushing down, which led to a loss of control. This could lead to an increased risk of a crash, said NHTSA. The agency said no accidents or fires were reported.
Latest in a number of studies
This is the latest in a number of NHTSA examinations for unexpected F-1550 examinations.
In June, Ford 668,000 2014 Model Year F-150 truck reminded of reports of unexpected downstreams into the first gear, which led to a loss of the driver control or the rear lock-up.
It was the latest Ford recall about the topic since 2016 and, after NHTSA had opened an investigation in March 2023, whether 2014 Model Trucks would have to be called back for the problem.
Ford reminded 153,000 2011-2012 Ford F-150 vehicles with six-speed automatic transmission in 2016 to solve the Downshift problem.
The NHTSA opened an investigation of the edition in December 2017 and expanded its recall in 2019 to 1.48 million F-150 trucks in North America, including 2013 models. Ford later reminded 107,000 F-1550 vehicles in 2013 due to a problem with the fix.
In November, Ford agreed to a civil penalty of $ 165 million after NHTSA found that the car manufacturer did not recall vehicles with faulty reversing cameras in good time.
