Big recall from Ford: Popular model series have to go to the workshop due to the risk of accidents

Ford has to improve three popular model series and initiate a recall.

The Vans Galaxy and S-Max are mainly affected.

Cologne - Ford has to recall around 210,000 due to two service campaigns across Europe.

In the case of the Vans Galaxy and S-Max alone, more than 200,000 vehicles are affected; production took place in Valencia, Spain.

The production period is between January 2015 and February 2020. The model series, which are particularly popular with families, have an increased risk of accidents because the rear suspension can corrode.

Models of this type were recalled last year for another reason.

When you visit the service workshops, the rear wishbone pins are replaced by new designs with better corrosion resistance, as reported by the Federal Motor Transport Authority.

According to the report, no people have been harmed by the Ford problem.

The recall * includes around 82,000 vehicles in Germany alone and bears the internal name "20S75".

Recall: Ford also needs to improve the bestseller Focus - thousands of models affected

A less extensive recall measure concerns the bestseller Ford Focus.

This is apparently a continuation of the campaign already communicated in April 2020 with the identifier "19S50".

About 4000 Focus models from the production period March 2018 to March 2019 are affected by the recent recall *.

The repairs already carried out by Ford-Werke GmbH must therefore be checked and possibly expanded.

The KBA reports that in the affected models of the VW Golf rival "the wiring harness can come into contact with components", which could lead to damage and engine failure.

While the group is improving numerous vehicles, the innovative strength will in future be concentrated in the field of electromobility.

Here, the manufacturer works together with VW - and pays a lot of money for it:

Ford also suffered production losses in March - the reason is the semiconductor shortage

First of all, the shortage of semiconductors in the automotive industry is also forcing the European subsidiary of the US manufacturer to renew short-time work *: Due to problems with the supply of electronic chips, the production sites in Germany, Spain and Romania suffer a breakdown on several days in March.

This reduces capacities, fewer cars can be produced than planned.

A Ford spokesman for

Automobilwoche

could not say

when the misery, which also troubles other car

manufacturers

, is over: "The general delivery situation and, depending on it, the production planning remain tense."

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