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Sometimes automotive recalls have a tendency to
snowball.
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That’s the case for Ford, which just recalled a
batch of vehicles that were just recalled last
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year to fix a problem that occurred during the
previous recall.
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Last summer, Ford recalled more than 30,000
2022 and 2023 Mustangs due to a
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calibration issue with the secondary steering.
Torque sensor left unchecked,
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the problem could cause the steering wheel to
start turning on its own,
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which is definitely something you don’t want.
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Now the automaker has filed a secondary recall
with the NHTSA for about 300 Mustang vehicles
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that did not have the update installed
correctly, but were recorded as having received
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the repairs successfully completed in Ford’s
records.
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That means those vehicles are still in danger
of having the steering wheel begin oscillating
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without warning due to the electronic powered
steering gear,
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providing unintended and unwanted steering
assist.
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It’s obviously not an ideal situation for Ford
and any Mustang owners who don’t like it when
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their car tries to steer itself, but it’s kind
of incredible that the secondary issue was
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caught at all.
It started in November 2024 when an audit was
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requested for software part numbers applied to
vehicles remedied under a sample of field
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service actions.
When that data came back insufficient,
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the audit was expanded and it discovered that
about 2% of the vehicles originally recalled
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didn’t match up between the soft.
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State on the service tool and the new software
release.
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Fortunately, no injuries or accidents were
reported due to the recall,
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so the potential phantom steering problem never
got out of hand.
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Ah, Ford sold nearly 2.1 million vehicles in
2024.
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The traditional Mustang and the Mach E
accounted for nearly 100,000 of that total.
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So the automaker’s business is still
overwhelmingly trucks and SUVs,
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but the Mustang is still a significant part of
the equation.
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I’m Ben Munson and this is manufacturing now.