The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration introduced late final week that it has opened an investigation into the last-generation Ford Explorer (mannequin years 2011-2019) after greater than 160 experiences of windshield trim items detaching from the automobile’s physique at freeway speeds. That quantity consists of some from drivers of different automobiles who had been struck by flying particles.
NHTSA’s Workplace of Defect Investigations has up to now obtained 164 experiences of separate incidents. Thus far, none have resulted in accident or damage. An investigation is step one towards a possible recall marketing campaign. If one had been to be initiated by Ford, NHTSA estimates that the marketing campaign may embody greater than 1.8 million automobiles offered over the automobile’s lifespan.
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