Ford Orders Recall , Over Potential SUV Gas Leak. ABC reports that Ford has ordered a recall for almost 43,000 small SUVs due to a potential risk of fire. . The recall impacts some Bronco Sport SUVs from 2022 and 2023, as well as 2022's Escape SUVs. . According to Ford, gasoline can leak from fuel injectors near or onto hot engine surfaces, which increases the risk of starting fires. The recall does not reportedly include repairing any potential fuel leak, which the company claims only impacts about 1% of their SUVs. ABC reports that Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, has called Ford's decision a "Band-aid type recall.". Brooks claims that even a 1% failure rate is high and places drivers at potential risk for a crash. The NHTSA said that it lacks legal authority to pre-approve recall fixes. . The agency added that it would, "closely track their performance using field data.". However, Brooks suggests that Congress needs to change laws so that the NHTSA can , "require something more than the rubber stamp that NHTSA is currently deploying.”. That is a post-remedy inquiry that won't make the fixes better, and further stretches out the process and leaves consumers in limbo. , Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, via ABC
  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    7 months ago

    OJ Simpson literally cursed that car model forever.

    My favorite take was the white green 4x4 in the Cruisin’ USA arcade game had a license plate that said GUILTY.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        45·
        7 months ago

        Almost impossible to find something without installing MAME and taking a screenshot myself. But I got a blurry cap of the back of the 4x4 (which is green, not white):

        You can barely make out the text, which was removed from the console versions of the game.

        Add: And for the first time ever, I now notice that right above the plate it literally says Jeep.

  • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    7 months ago

    ABC reports that Ford has ordered a recall for almost 43,000 small SUVs due to a potential risk of fire.

    Y’all call that a small suv? … damn

        • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          Not sure how you classify sizes. It’s small for an SUV in markets where it’s called Escape (and not Kuga). It’s average for a crossover (CUV), it’s actual class. It has the same footprint as a Focus wagon (6" longer than a hatchback) and 9" taller. It’s a foot shorter than a Fusion sedan. I find passenger space to be annoyingly upright and couldn’t get comfortable driving one for more than an hour despite being under 6ft. It’s definitely small by American standards.

    • 50MYT@lemmy.worldEnglish
      313·
      7 months ago

      Yeah it’s a small sub set of the total - only a specific engine combination made between x and y dates.

  • ApeNo1@lemm.eeEnglish
    28·
    7 months ago

    Ford lawyer: “If the fuel injectors don’t fit then you must acquit.”

    Judge: “Um, not sure that helps your case here.”