Ford has issued a recall alert for about 112,000 Transit Join vans from mannequin years 2014 via 2016 as a result of their entrance doorways could cease latching correctly.
Ford tells Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration, “The entrance door latch pawl spring tab design is inclined to cracking and failure over time.” With a cracked pawl, the door could not keep closed. Ford additionally says it may open whereas driving.
The corporate isn’t conscious of any accidents or accidents associated to the issue.
Sellers will examine each entrance door latches and change them if needed. The alternative half, Ford says, “has a modified spring pawl tab, growing the power.”
By regulation, dealerships by no means cost for recall-related repairs.
Many automobiles are recalled to repair security defects, generally greater than as soon as. Whereas automakers attempt to attain each proprietor to ask them to convey the automobile in for restore, they not often attain all of them. Thousands and thousands of automobiles on American roads want free recall repairs. Examine the simple VIN device at our recall heart to search out out in case your automobile is one among them.
