NHTSA investigating 708,000 Ford SUVs, pickups for 'catastrophic engine failures'

[peterk9]

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NHTSA investigating 708,000 Ford SUVs, pickups for 'catastrophic engine failures' - Autoblog

Over 708,000 Ford models (including the Bronco and the F-150) are part of an NHSTA investigation launched to determine the cause of an engine failure.

www.autoblog.com

Peter

 

[Rick]

Phew, looks like I lucked out again with our 2020.

I can't imagine it's very common or we would have seen complaints here.

 

[RickyG]

Phew, looks like I lucked out again with our 2020.

I can't imagine it's very common or we would have seen complaints here.

The automaker told officials that the defective valves were manufactured from a specific alloy called Silchrome Lite. The alloy can become excessively hard and brittle of they experience an “over-temperature condition” during the machining process. If an intake valve actually fractures, it is usually necessary to replace the whole engine due to the resulting damage.

Furthermore, Ford says that defective intake valves commonly fail early on in the engine’s life. In other words, most engine failures that will occur from this defect have already happened.