Ford remembers greater than 694,000 Bronco Game and Get away SUVs over gasoline leak chance by means of NewsFlicks

Ford is recalling 694,271 Bronco Game and Get away SUVs on account of a misguided gasoline injector within the automobiles that may leaks, elevating the chance of a fireplace, in line with a realize from the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Protection Management.

The recall comes to sure 2021-2024 Bronco Game and 2020-2022 Get away automobiles supplied with 1.5L engines.

“A gasoline injector might crack and leak gasoline throughout the engine compartment,” the recall realize states. 

Ford stated it is thinking about imaginable long-term treatments. Within the intervening time, sellers will replace the engine keep an eye on instrument of affected automobiles as an period in-between protection measure. The replace might be without spending a dime, in line with the automaker. 

Whilst no longer an enduring repair, the up to date instrument will “permit for the detection of a cracked gasoline injector and invokes a option to disable the high-pressure gasoline pump, derate engine energy output and scale back temperatures of imaginable ignition assets within the engine compartment,” Ford said in earlier recall paperwork on the subject of the issue. 

Notification letters might be mailed to homeowners on Aug. 18, who may also be alerted when an enduring repair is to be had. Homeowners might touch Ford customer support at 1-866-436-7332. The quantity for this recall is 25S76. 

Affected car homeowners too can touch the NHTSA protection hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-888-275-9171), or move to www.nhtsa.gov. NHTSA’s quantity for the recall is 25V-467.

The recall “expands and replaces” earlier NHTSA recall numbers 22V-859 (Nov. 18, 2022), 24V-187 (March 8, 2024), and 25V-165 (March 14, 2025). “Cars prior to now remedied underneath 22V-859, 24V-187 and 25V-165 will want to have the brand new ultimate treatment carried out as soon as it’s to be had,” the regulator stated.

Ford has introduced 90 car remembers this 12 months, impacting a complete of greater than 5 million automobiles, in line with the federal company’s recall data. The Dearborn, Michigan producer recalled greater than 850,00 automobiles final week over misguided gasoline pumps. 

During the last six months, Ford has issued extra protection remembers than any automaker has issued in a complete 12 months, in accordance to the Wall Boulevard Magazine.