Ford recalls 45,000 SUVs with gas leaks that cause fires, offers insane solution
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- Ford recalls 45,000 SUVs with gas leaks that cause fires, offers insane solution
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Very interesting 😮. Thanks for your TH-cam presentation on this recall. If it was Tesla this would be all over the media sites.
lol gasoline fire is much easier to put out than battery fire.....batteries will burn underwater a gasoline fire wont thats the difference besides battery fire temps being x10 higher than gas also.
@@billybobbob3003Nobody asked
@@nick191088 NOBODY ASKED YOU TO RESPOND
@@billybobbob3003will not happen with sodium Or solid state battery and there is a gel that can extinguish ev fire easily.
@@billybobbob3003 EV fires are also 10X less common than gasoline ICE fires.
The Ford pinto lives on !
Ejector seats. Good one.
But what about the Environmental effects. In California, cars in that state have a smog check every few years, if you don't pass you can't operate the vehicle in California. One of the tests is for a Malfunctioning evaporative emission control system (EVAP), which is why all gas cars in the US have EVAP canisters. I do know that the quick fill gas inlet on a lot of Ford's, (it doesn't have a screw-on cap, just a rubber flap on the inlet) cause it to fail the test cause the way Ford made it. You usually have to replace the whole unit (like a $900 repair) with the associated piping to pass the test, IE the test, it detects the leaking vapors from the car. Wondering if the fix will be detect this type of fuel leak, and fail the test/certification
Hard to imagine the CARB going along with this... reducing VOCs has been a big part of their pollution reduction scheme.
CARBS? It's been over 30 yrs since carburettors were fitted to cars !!
@@robertfonovic3551CARB=California Air Resources Board=environmental agency
lol. Treat the symptoms rather than the cause!
I've had a standing joke for the past 40 years and it goes, every two years Ford has a recall for fire related repairs...company policy.
After considering it carefully, I have decided that I would rather not have a vehicle in my garage that is leaking gasoline. I believe a lot of it has to do with it being an attached garage. I would just sleep better at night without any amount of gasoline dripping onto the floor.
You would know immediately if it were leaking gasoline and would have time to do something about it, such as park it outside until the Ford dealer comes to tow it back for repairs. You have no such forewarning with a defective lithium-Ion battery that internally shorts out while you are in bed sleeping.
@@reason2getherMillions of homes have heating furnaces in their garages where cars are parked. Cars, trucks and boats(with drain plugs opened) can leak gas in the garage. The furnace starts up and lights up the gas fumes. Natural gas also causes terrific explosions in garages, inside homes and commercial structures, usually obliterating (blowing up) entire buildings.
Every 45 seconds, somewhere in the USA, an internal combustion vehicle lights on fire, either while being driven or while parked.
So, at all times, somewhere in the USA, an ICE vehicle is burning.
Gas cars and trucks catch on fire at a greater rate for their numbers than electric cars. Ask any Firefighter, Fire Marshall or Fire Department representative.
The explosive force of gasoline and natural gas is extremely dangerous.
Any vehicle or heavy equipment fire, whether electric, gas or natural gas can cause extensive damage to structures.
Your forewarning for fires comes in the form of smoke and its detection by working smoke alarms in the home.
No injuries yet?!
Sounds like the ol’ Bronco gambit……cheaper to pay for funerals
There is no danger of death because when the fuel pump is off, the fire stops. A driver might exit a running car with an engine fire, and leave the fuel pump operating. Most will shut off the ignition. There could be an infernal in the engine compartment, but the electric fuel pump would quit before the tank ignited.
I don't believe there has been an actual engine fire, only some dripping fuel which will smell gassy as it evaporates.
The fuel tank is in the rear of the vehicle so only a small amount of gasoline could potentially ignite - if there was a spark. This defect can cause a dipping, there is no immediate spark to ignite the gasoline. Some might ignore the gasoline odor for days or weeks.
Old VW bugs had rubber fuel lines above the exhaust manifold. Replace the rubber line every two years and all is well. Many didn't and there were fires.
I wish EV batteries smelt like burnt popcorn before the car went up like a Roman candle, but there is no advsnce warning.
That's in the movie Fight Club. No recall if it's cheaper not to.
Those will be fixed with an Over The Air Update.
after pressure drop the engine is in safe mode, you aren't driving this everyday leaking gasoline. after leak occurs the car will tell you what happened and it needs service immediately.
Ejector seat 😆
You made tons of great points about gas on the ground, people being a hazard etc.
This is a stupid “fix”. The only thing I can think of is they do not have updated parts OR they are just cheaping out.
But we all know what happens when ford cheaps out on fuel systems. PINTO!
My top picks for this bull run are Illuvium, Verasity and Cyberopolis.
About a year ago one ice vehicle rear ended another and they both went up in flames in front of an elementary school while the kids were getting out!!! Thankfully nobody was hurt but this did not even make the local news!!! Look it up Havel Elementary in Sterling Heights. Could you freaking imagine if one of the vehicles was an EV!
I have seen several ICE vehicle fires, but no EV fires. Seems to me that once EV batteries and charging improve, vehicles won't catch on fire.
The EV owners I talk to are quite happy with their vehicles. I even saw a Rivian towing a boat.
Not a new recall, in the UK been the same recall for 6 months or more on the ford Kuga.
Almost all the cars recalled for fire risk (park outside) are ICE cars. Hyundai and Kia have over 3 million and only a tiny fraction will ever be fixed.
Deeply disappointed that the vehicles don't get fitted with an injector seat, Sam! I had visions of an LA freeway jam with thousands of Americans being shot into the air!😁 Seriously though, the "fix" seems like something of a (sick) joke - surely Ford could do better, than a pipe to divert wasted fuel onto the road and following cars? I would also be unconcerned about a burning cigarette igniting the fuel gushing from these vehicles because the cigarette tip doesn't burn hot enough to ignite the fuel vapour. The same cannot be said about the flame from the cigarette lighter/match.(Don't believe everything you see in Hollywood movies.)
Offers buyers a box of matches.
So the solution is a software chsnge that will alert the driver to the problem. To make sure this does not create a fire a tube will channel the gas to the ground.
It has to be a battery somewhere in those ford vehicles starting these fires. It has to be.
Huh ! Gas leak ,hot engine vavoom ! No battery needed
Quality is job none!
You should start a tracking spreadsheet for Ford recalls, they spend so much on them every year they can never recover and catch up to Tesla or Chinese EV makers.
BYDs are also self combusting, so it seems.
*Your videos are really great, thx for that* 😍
Is not a know leak of gas a violation of all US environment laws
I often see comments about EV fires, and I always show the evidence of the 60x greater occurrence of fires in ICE vehicles. I know Im wasting my time.😊
This doesn't make sense that it is in about 1 percent of the vehicles. It should be in all of them. Is this ethanol related, as it does degrade fuel lines.
It does not have to be all of them. Is unlikely to be all in that the supplier who created the things has likely tested enough of them to be confident that they would not leak. Had some margin too. Maybe the material supplier to the injector maker provided a slightly lower quality material. Now 1 in 10K are failing kind of thing. One of several possibilities.
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Because it's Ford,You will hear almost nothing.
Evening mate I really don't Understand Mr Farley
Ford has a deep bench of executives. Farley is herding chickens.
Wait a minute. Gas leaks will be a thing of the past soon. Electric vehicles will eliminate this problem. Will electric power leaks be a thing?
Quality control . . . It's not a new concept!
Yet they want you to pay 60k plus for a leaky ford bronco
The problem is to many bean counters
My gas Toyota Corolla caught fire 2 weeks after I bought it used
I watch Broncos Guru.
Cheers bro
Mate or bro?
Make up your mind.
Ford is in trouble
Only 45k? Meh
The leak will stop when the vehicle is turned.
Upside down?
Also: Tesla Cybertruck production halted for 7 days, already and shadow recall insticated. Accelerator failure causes life threatening failure.
Dance liberal
It'd be hilarious if it weren't so dangerous.
Fords quality has to be near the worst in the industry. Their CEO acknowledged it a couple of years ago and promised to refocus. Can believe anyone buys their vehicles. So many problems.
.....Ford will offer you full refund if it burn but only if you don't drive it, keep it locked in your garage and throw away the keys. Not doing so will negate Ford T&C for its sale with you!!!! 😅😅😅😅
Stop to BS about other manufactures. As a Fanboy better concentrate on the trouble Tesla is currently running into.
While a fuel leak is always serious, it is usually detectable by its smell, and it is more important to prevent it from igniting if possible. I don't like Direct Fuel Injection systems as they raise the fuel pressure to extreme pressures which are hard to contain. They are not worth the slight improvement in emissions or fuel economy over traditional Port Fuel Injection systems. Even so, comparing gasoline fueled vehicles' tendencies to catch fire to full Electric Battery Vehicle fires is an apples and oranges comparison. The number and severity of EV fires will only increase if the volume of EVs increase as proponents of EVs like yourself hope for. It is proven that gasoline fueled vehicles can be very safe when properly designed as they have been for many years. It is not yet proven that the same can be said for Battery Electric vehicles with Lithium-Ion Batteries. I believe more needs to be done to find a better and safer battery system in order for EVs to realize their true potential. Until then, the push to EVs needs to slow down. It is foolish and dangerous to push to fill the roads and garages with the current design of EVs with Lithium-Ion batteries.
We have not even begun to the talk about the potential for harm to service personnel in the future with high voltage being present or the undiscussed issues of long-term exposure to strong magnetic fields created by the high voltage wires and drive motors during acceleration. Until all this can be researched and ironed out, we need to continue to improve what already is working for now. We need to be less concerned with blistering acceleration capabilities and be more concerned with fuel economy and safety. This alone requires people to mature in their ways of thinking about what automobiles are for in the first place. Amen?
When we talk about vehicle fires we normalize the rate by counting fires per 100K cars sold. Selling more or less cars does not change this ratio. Battery research is happening at an almost alarming rate. The global battery market was valued at $120.74 billion in 2023. People wanting a part of that are spending many millions to ensure they have the battery people want.
Lithium fires much more intense than gas fires. Fact.
That’s fine, at least it can be put out unlike thermal runaway in an EV fire.
And the water is not contaminated by the chemicals like it is in an EV fire.
bull manure
Google EV Fire Cloak. So I guess you would prefer to have 200,000 gas vehicle fires per year instead of 50 EV fires.
An anecdotal example for you. A new Chevy farm truck caught fire within sight of a small town. In the few minutes it took for the fire department to arrive it was a total loss. There was a fire extinguisher in the truck but it did not put out the fire. Think about how much worse it would have been if it had been an old dirty engine and tranny.
@@muskrat3291 doesn’t stop the fire. And even then, the fire crews don’t have the proper equipment to put out thermal runaway. Look at the battery recycling plant in the UK that was on fire for three days last week. And look at the Teslas that ended up in water, full on fire and brimstone, polluting the water they are in.
Many EVs are self combusting and can't be put out. The smoke is very toxic can trigger cancer.
Sam cannot be trusted. 😢
Typical Ford bandaid approach.
I’m losing faith in Ford rapidly
Electric car fires are far worse.
And they can't be put out easily...
Ever thought of a career in stand up , Sam?😂
Ford exploder
Ford. Quality is Job None
Have you driven a ford to service lately
Great fix 😂
Yet again, if Tesla had a ‘fix’ that was to take care of the effects of a problem without actually fixing the problem, there would be a media outrage but this is Ford so no drama…🥲