Current:Home > ContactFord to recall 870,000 F-150 trucks for issues with parking brakes -MoneyStream
Ford to recall 870,000 F-150 trucks for issues with parking brakes
View
Date:2025-04-13 15:31:51
Ford is recalling models of its top-selling vehicles, the F-150 pickup trucks, due to issues with the electric parking brakes.
More than 870,000 vehicles from 2021 through 2023 are included in the recall.
Ford reported that drivers may experience the unexpected activation of parking brakes while driving. They may see the parking brake warning light and a warning message on the dashboard without pressing the brake.
So far, Ford received 299 claims of unexpected parking brake activation, 19 of which occurred while the trucks were in motion. The company says it doesn’t know of any crashes or injuries caused by the problem.
- Recalls database: Stay up to date on all the latest recalls with USA TODAY's database
F-150 owners can expect recall letters in September
The company says in documents posted by government safety regulators Friday that a rear wiring bundle can come in contact with the rear axle housing. That can chafe the wiring and cause a short circuit, which can turn on the parking brake without action from the driver, increasing the risk of a crash.
Owners of F-150 pickup trucks from 2021 to 2023 should have their vehicles inspected at a dealership, free of charge.
Owners can expect recall letters on September 11.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
Contributing: The Associated Press
veryGood! (473)
Related
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- Florida siblings, ages 10 and 11, stopped while driving mom’s car on freeway 200 miles from home
- Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state
- Indianapolis police wound 2 robbery suspects after 1 suspect fires at pursuing officers
- What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
- Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech
- What to know about NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
- Tropical Storm Ophelia barrels across North Carolina with heavy rain and strong winds
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Taiwan factory fire death toll rises to 9 after 2 more bodies found
Ranking
- Sam Taylor
- USWNT making best out of Olympic preparation despite coach, team in limbo
- May These 20 Secrets About The Hunger Games Be Ever in Your Favor
- Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports
- Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
- Vaccines are still tested with horseshoe crab blood. The industry is finally changing
- Cincinnati Bengals sign A.J. McCarron to the practice squad
- Kelly Clarkson's 9-year-old daughter River Rose sings on new song 'You Don't Make Me Cry': Listen
Recommendation
Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 18 people, authorities say
How the UAW strikes could impact car shoppers
Oklahoma judge arrested in Austin, Texas, accused of shooting parked cars, rear-ending another
Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
Cincinnati Bengals sign A.J. McCarron to the practice squad
U.S. Housing Crisis Thwarts Recruitment for Nature-Based Infrastructure Projects
Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project