Ford Motor Co. is recalling 850,050 2013 and 2014 by an electrical fault could cause airbags and seat belt pretensioners may not work properly in the event of an accident.
Affected vehicles include 2013-14 Ford C-MAX, Fusion, Escape and Lincoln MKZ. In a statement today, said Ford's restraint system in the vehicle control module can be short, causing the airbag warning light is on.
This is the 12th evacuated to escape in 2013, although a spokesman said last month that no leakage has been involved in all withdrawals.
In other reports have mentioned the exhaust defects include: fluid leaks that could cause an engine fire, the door opened, and the vehicle is in motion and the airbag may not deploy updates fast enough.
"Depending on the short position restraint system deployment (for example, airbags, pretensioners, side curtain) may not function as expected in case of a crash, increasing the risk of injury," Ford said: statement. "Short-circuit may also affect the use of restraint control module of data from other systems, including stability control operations," warning indicator lighting is also relevant.
Ford said he was not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the fault that caused the module. Dealers will replace the control module is responsible restraint, the company said.
Ford spokesman said the letter will go to affected customers in the November 10, she said, the repair time is not more than half a day. If circumstances require repair takes a long time, Ford customers borrow vehicles, he said.
Ford has enough control module limit alternative, in addition to the merger, for which there is a backlog of all affected vehicles, he said.
Involving vehicles
Affected vehicles include C- maxes at Michigan assembly plant in suburban Detroit manufacturing 2013-14 of January 19, 2012 and November 21, 2013; and some consolidation was built 2013-14 (Mexico) maquiladora Hermosillo between February 3, 2012 and August 24, 2013; built in the Louisville assembly Plant some channels between October 5, 2011 and November 1, 2013; and some MKZs Lincoln was built between Hermosillo April 25, 2012 and September 30, 2013.
Ford said the 746,842 people affected vehicle sales in Canada 82,962 federal and regional in America.
Escape has been redesigned since it, in one of the most memorable vehicles in the country in 2013, although withdrawals little or no significant impact sales in the United States. This is the second most popular crossing, only slightly behind the Honda CR-V, and recorded in August increased by 9 percentage points.
The third vehicle is Ford's best-selling car in the United States in the first eight months of this year alone, sales reached 208,444 units, up 1 percent from a year earlier.
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