Ford Motor Company is recalling 2022-2024 Maverick compact pickup trucks. If one of the rear turn signals stops working, the vehicle will not adjust the turn signal flash rate frequency to warn the driver that a turn signal is not working correctly. As such, these Mavericks fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108 “Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment.”
In the required recall documents just made public by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford said the Mexican built Mavericks contain rear tail-lamps with two turn signal lamp bulbs on each side. The body control module will not provide an outage notification to the driver if only one of the two rear turn signal lamp bulbs has failed. Continue reading
GM Recalls Chevrolet Bolt EVs for Fires Again
General Motors (NYSE: GM) is recalling a previous recall on 2017-2023 model Chevrolet Bolt EVs. This recall now includes Bolts previously repaired incorrectly under NHTSA recall number 22V-930. After a crash with seat belt pretensioner deployment, the pretensioner exhaust may ignite carpet fibers near the B-pillar, causing a fire. More than 6700 Bolt EVs are affected by this safety recall.
In the required safety defect report just made public by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, GM said that Bolts with recall 22V-930 completed by dealerships other than Simpson Chevrolet of Irvine are not affected by this new recall. A GM employee submitted this issue to GM’s Speak Up For Safety (SUFS) program on 29 August 2023, following a dealer report that 66 vehicles that received the recall remedy in GM recall 22V930 at Simpson Chevrolet of Irvine were in fact not repaired. Continue reading →