Ford has issued a pair of recalls in the United States impacting two of its most popular pickup trucks: the Maverick and the F-150. The recalls are unrelated but show the brand still has quality improvements to make.
The issue impacting the Maverick is more widespread, with the NHTSA’s recall notice revealing that 144,516 examples have a rear-view camera display image that could freeze while in reverse. Ford notes this could increase the risk of a crash and blames it on improper memory handling within the Connected Touch Radios software, causing a component in the end-to-end rear-view camera image processing path to fail.
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Subject models were manufactured during the 2022 and 2024 model years between February 3, 2021, and November 28, 2023.
Ford was first informed of a potential problem in mid-June this year after the NHTSA received customer complaints about the camera. The carmaker is aware of 4 warranty claims, seven Vehicle Owner’s Questionnaires, and 22 complaints regarding the fault in North America. It doesn’t know of any accidents or injuries.
Dealers will update the CTR software to resolve the problem. Owners can expect to be alerted of the recall from September 30.
The second recall is for 16,543 Ford F-150s built between March 11, 2022, and July 23, 2022, for the 2022 model year. Ford says the parking lamp of these trucks could flicker when the customer selects the ‘Position Lamp On’ mode, ‘Headlamp On,’ and ‘Automatic’ positions on the headlight switch. A flickering light doesn’t meet the steady burn requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
The car manufacturer says it’s aware of 368 reports related to this concern in North America but has not been told of any accidents or injuries. Owners will be notified from October 7 and dealers have been instructed to replace the LED Driver Module.
