Almost 190,000 Ford Mavericks in the United States have to be recalled because drivers may not be alerted if one of the rear turn signals is not functioning correctly.
In a recall notice issued through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Ford has said that the driver will not be alerted if one of the two rear turn signal lamps has failed. This is because the software of the Body Control Module (BCM) has not been configured to detect an outage of one bulb on each circuit. Were the BCM configured correctly, drivers should receive a notification to alert them to the dud light.
A total of 189,814 vehicles are impacted by the recall. These 2022-2024 Mavericks were manufactured between February 3, 2021, and November 16, 2023.
Ford’s Critical Concern Review group started to review the issue on November 21, 2023, after the Systems Engineering and Validation team discovered the fault during future vehicle development testing. The carmaker quickly issued a stop-ship for impacted Maverick models and on December 8, approved the recall.
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Fortunately for Ford, the issue is minor and not a serious safety concern. Owners of impacted 2022-2024 Maverick trucks will be alerted to the recall by January 5, 2024, and asked to take their vehicle to a Ford or Lincoln dealer where the BCM will be reconfigured free of charge to correctly display a notification should one of the rear turn signal lights fail.
No car manufacturer has been forced to fix more vehicles this year than Ford. Indeed, it has issued 54 recalls this year impacting a total of 5,692,135 vehicles across the United States. The car manufacturer with the second highest number of recalls this year was Stellantis with 45 which have cumulatively impacted 2,689,297 vehicles.
