Ford has announced a recall of 89,153 vehicles equipped with 1.6-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engines over the possibility of overheating and, in some instances, fires starting in the engine compartment. The brand new 2013 Fusion accounts for 15,833 of the affected models, the other 73,320 being the 2013 Escape. This is the fourth time the recently launched Escape has been recalled, and this is the third time the recall has involved the 1.6-liter engine.
In a statement issued Friday, Ford confirmed that there have been new reports of these engines overheating, resulting in fires while the engine is running. No injuries have been reported in conjunction with this issue, and Ford states that the affected vehicles’ instrument clusters may display warning notifications reading, “Engine Power Reduced to Lower Temps” or “Engine over temp, stop safely.”
Seriously, 4 recalls on a new model in the production same year, 3 recalls on the same engine… That just screams Beta 1.0.
It’s really too bad. I had high hopes for a lot of the products F was putting out. They started to look really really good.
[quote=flu]Just call it a “Pinto Spec-F” and call it fixed.[/quote]
What do you mean? The pinto had a 2.0 liter motor that was famous as you could get almost 700 Hp out of it (of course only for a short time)but there was a whole class of open cockpit boat racing built around this motor…
Pinto did have some finer points! 😛
Maybe the “Es Cap e'” should come with a fire indicator light like jets!
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