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notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration said the recall covers 492,145 Ford Explorers,
model years 2016-2017. The vehicles were produced between June
11, 2015 and April 19, 2017.
Ford Motor Co. first recognized the problem as far back as 2019,
but did not consider it an “unreasonable risk to safety," the
NHTSA report said. In March of this year, the NHTSA shared with
Ford dozens of vehicle owner reports of the problem, leading
Ford to further investigate it, eventually leading to the
recall.
Ford concluded that lack of proper adhesion was causing the trim
to loosen, adding that it is unaware of accidents or injuries
related to the defect.
The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker expects to start sending
notification letters to owners on June 9.
When a remedy to fix the faulty part has been determined, owners
will be notified by mail and instructed to take their vehicles
into a Ford or Lincoln dealership to have the trim fixed at no
cost.
The NHTSA recall number is 25V347. The manufacturer's recall
number is 25S53.
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