The woes continue for all electricity Ford F-150 . Lamp Later it had a battery problem on the production line earlier this year. After halting pickup truck assembly to investigate the issue, Ford has now announced it will recall 18 electric pickups with similar problems.
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Last month, Ford announced a production halt and stopped shipping the F-150 Lightning after experiencing battery problems on the production line. At the time, Blue Oval said one vehicle caught fire due to a problem during pre-delivery quality checks. Thus, production at Rouge . Tram Center has been paused while it investigates the issue.
Despite the delivery moratorium in effect, Ford has now discovered 18 F-150 Lightning trucks delivered to dealers with the same battery problem. As a result, it announced a recall of the affected trucks. In a statement shared with Jalopnik, Emma Bergg, BlueOval City Communications and Tram Manager, said:
“Ford is recalling 18 F-150 Lightnings due to a battery manufacturing defect that occurred over a four-week period from the end of last year. We recently determined that 18 vehicles containing cells over that four-week period reached dealers and customers.
“On February 4, during a standard quality check, a vehicle had a battery problem and caught fire. The root cause identified was related to battery production at the SK On plant in Georgia.”
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Although 18 vehicles have come out of the Michigan plant, Ford said it “has not received any reports of accidents or injuries related to this recall.”
After the initial production halt was issued, Ford said it worked with battery supplier SK On to confirm the “root cause” of the problems and “implemented quality actions.” to troubleshoot. As such, it announced that F-150 Lightning production will restart on March 13.
This latest development won’t break the previously announced timeline, and Bergg added that “production is on track to resume on Monday with a clean reserve of batteries.”
Problems faced by F-150 Lightning It’s just the latest in a series of issues that have affected Ford’s rollout of electric vehicles. 2022 F-150 Lightning Super Crew of the current brand there are nine recalls in place, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Meanwhile, the all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E faces its own problems, Includes a detachable roof no warnings.
If you are concerned that your vehicle may be affected by the recall, there are a few easy ways to check if that’s true. First, NHTSA has a super handy app that you can use to see if your vehicle is affected by the recall, or you can go to the regulator’s website and enter the number My VIN into its recall search engine.
