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Went to Firestone for a lifetime alignment ($200 one time then free subsequent alignments) and had them rotate the tires. Tires need changing (doing at Mavis, Firestone didn't have the tire I wanted), but in addition to some other things, they noted the rear shocks were leaking. When I told them...

Just call your dealer. Whether or not your vehicle requires the PCM fix is dependent on how your vehicle was built, what prior recall(s) if any your vehicle already had completed, and if the software was correctly flashed in the prior recalls. If you call the service dept of your local dealer...

The dealer notification letter confirms that the immediate fix is just a software update to the PCM... The dealer notification letter also has talking points for the dealers. Ford is effectively saying that the reason that there's more recalls isn't that the vehicles are of lower quality, but...

There are reports of using an OBDLink MX being accepted by FDRS. I don't know if Ford considers this a supported configuration or not, if Ford just treats the OBDII reader as a COM port and it supports both regular OBD functions and HS-CAN bus (as the OBDLink EX and MX do) then it may be fine...

The problem is not just a "quality part", there are numerous ways for a part to fail that don't have to do with the quality of its fabrication. Of course a failure can be that, if the design is defective and the manufacturer refuses to fix it. An example - Until the Xbox 360 S models, Microsoft...

Ford is absolutely being dragged along by NHTSA on the fact that, as I have stated in earlier threads here, the drain tube and the software limp mode are band aids to the problem of the fuel injectors actually cracking. I believe they should be in all 1.5L vehicles and add safety margin, but...

Based on the video @Mark S. posted here for the Escape in 2023 in the last minute or so, the drain tube is not behind/obstructed by the felt and goes straight to the air/ground: If they allowed the tube to drain on / behind the felt, it'd be pretty pointless... pooling fuel into an absorbent...

The 2.0L I4 Turbo in the Badlands/First Edition/Heritage Limited uses a different injector part K2GZ-9F593-A which, to all visible accounts, has never been subject to a recall. Even if the injector part was the same (which it isn't), it's possible other aspects of engine or related part design...

Correct, but I do want to emphasize for any 1.5L owners, get this new recall done when available. Use mobile service if you don't feel like going to the dealership. I do that for these software recalls and tip the guy a few bucks for saving me the convenience of driving to the dealership and...

It's not the matter of some off the shelf "better" part. Ford didn't expect the original fuel injectors to crack as often as they do. They then iterated the part, believing that to fix the issue, but there was a shortage of vehicles compared to drain tube/software fix. They believed the original...

One would assume that a revised fuel injector part where the fuel injectors don't crack would be the final remedy, but it's possible that a defect in some other part could be causing the fuel injectors to crack, and I don't work for FoMoCo so I'm not going to pretend to have any inside knowledge...

The windshield wiper sensor can usually be moved from windshield to windshield without issue, maybe new adhesive (very cheap and common). If you need the camera retrained, it requires an expensive diagnostic tool and they charge a crapload of money for it. As I said earlier, if you are...

I disagree with the grumpiness here, if you encounter variable speed rain, it's one less factor to deal with while driving. Mine never failed in the 8 years I owned my Ford Fusion. I had my windshield replaced and the sensor was included in the cost (less than $400 because I went independent out...

Recall 25S21 mandated the PCM software be applied to 21-23MY vehicles that had a prior flash that didn't work after this post (later March 2025). 25V467 (NHTSA number) now mandates a software fix for 21-24MHY model years and a later fix that isn't determined. Owners will be notified by mail...

Recall Acknowledgement Recall Report The recalled fuel injectors were introduced into production on 02/05/2020 and were taken out of production on 02/08/2024. Affected vehicles are equipped with 1.5L engines. These vehicles are not produced in VIN order. Information as to the applicability...

People calling the keypad redundant, I disagree. I know of people who put the keys in the vehicle and then lock/unlock with the keypad (not something I'd recommend personally, but if the keys are out of sight, not obvious to a thief). I also will sometimes go out to my vehicle without grabbing...

I wasn't in the recall, but I'm getting my radar detector going "low battery" pretty quickly now when I put the car in accessory power with the factory EFB. Definitely going to have the battery tested again soon to see if it's on the fritz before I'm out of the 3 year bumper to bumper (at 2.25...

Politics are politics so I'll try to be as neutral as I can on this. Ford is a for profit company that exists to make money. They are not the only car manufacturer in the world, it is a competitive market. NAFTA made the US automaker market heavily integrated, and that will punish vehicles...

So after my initial outrage/befuddlement over how Ford could fail to realize the vehicles subject to this question, I decided to put my 2000s era internet user hat on and do something that many people (myself included) often don't do: read sources beyond news summaries. Specifically @Major Kong...

EDIT: The criticism of this post is not founded - see details in my subsequent post #10 downthread. I'm sorry, but how the hell did Ford do a recall that required a new BCM/PCM config to be flashed and then discover essentially one year later that a vehicle could be marked as having the recall...