Ford Motor Company has issued a recall affecting 462,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty rearview camera display. The major US automaker said this recall includes certain 2020-2023 Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator models along with 2020-2022 Lincoln Corsair models, which are equipped with 360-degree cameras. Ford said that in the US market alone, the number of affected vehicles is 382,000.
The car brand added that it has 17 minor crash reports related to the recall issue and more than 2,100 warranty reports. However, it also stated that no one was injured as a result of the incident. The latest recall expands and replaces a recall of 228,000 vehicles in 2021. Ford said authorized dealers will update the image processing module software on the affected vehicles. It also states that software previously updated under the old recall will also require the new update.
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According to the report, the auto specialist was contacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in late 2021 and 2022 regarding reports of blue images on the rear camera display. later in some affected Ford models. This is following the completion of the 2021 recall. This prompted the automaker to conduct an internal investigation, which resulted in a faulty rearview camera display in the affected models.
NHTSA is said to have opened an investigation in August 2021 after Ford recalled 620,246 vehicles in 2020 for another rear-view camera issue. This NHTSA investigation looked at whether Ford was recalling the affected vehicles in a timely manner and whether the company was recalling a sufficient number of vehicles.
This is not the first time the US automaker has issued a recall related to the rear camera. In recent years, the automaker has launched multiple recall campaigns related to the rear camera. Previously, the car brand recalled 47,000 Bronco 2021-2022 due to an error in the rearview camera image in the US.
First published date: January 29, 2023, 09:17 AM IST
