The US National Road Safety Administration (NHTSA) initiated a check of 1.3 million Ford F-150 pickups, Reuters writes. The reason was the mass complaints of the owners about the automatic gearbox glitches, which suddenly switches for reduced gear during the ride, which is sometimes accompanied by locking the rear wheels.
NHTSA received complaints from 138 owners of the Ford F-150 issued in 2015-2017. The owners of the pickups say that the machine switches to lower gears on their own. Moreover, this can happen at any time-even while driving along a high-speed highway, which is fraught with emergency situations due to a sharp slowdown.
So, at one of the owners of the F-150, the transmission suddenly switched from a sixth step at a first at a speed of about 70 miles (113 kilometers) per hour. As a result of the driver, he almost thrown through the windshield.
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Other owners of pickups said that the rear wheels of the car are temporarily blocked, jammed or glued during a decrease in the transmission. This leads to loss of control. However, there are no reports of accidents related to the box defect.
After checking the NHTSA, it will be decided whether Ford needs to announce the next large -scale review. Interestingly, last summer, Ford recalled 668 thousand F-150 trucks of the 2014 model year due to a similar problem.
Ford is one of the record holders in the number of response campaigns. However, he managed to reduce the number of recalled machines to 4.1 million in 2024, which became more than a two-time improvement compared to 2022. To combat defects, Ford connected to the quality control of AI, and also patented a system that will allow you to complain about shortcomings right behind the wheel. True, it is still unclear when it is being introduced.
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