Ford_News
08-27-2014, 06:01 PM
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This year more than most, it's pleasant when we can string together a few days without word of an automaker or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/) announcing a bunch of new recalls. It's seemingly been a little quiet on this front lately (barring a spider-related Suzuki (http://www.autoblog.com/suzuki/) issue revealed early today (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/27/suzuki-kizashi-recall-spider-webs/)), but now we have word of the government safety agency opening a Preliminary Evaluation into the 2013 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+explorer+police+interceptor/), a probe that could potentially affect an estimated 20,000 vehicles.
The issue being investigated concerns failures of the front brake hose on the vehicle that show "small splits in the hoses near the body side ferrule of the hose assembly," according to the agency, and the issue could result in longer stopping distances. The feds have reports of 13 malfunctions affecting 11 Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/explorer/) units. However, it's important to note that all of the incidents come from a single, unnamed metropolitan police fleet that operates 46 of them. According to The Detroit News, the failures generally took place between December and July (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140826/AUTO0102/308260050/0/auto01/U-S-investigates-13-Ford-Explorer-Police-Interceptor-braking-issue).
NHTSA is investigating further to find if this is a more widespread issue than just this one fleet. Ford spokesperson Kelli Felker confirmed to us, "We are cooperating with NHTSA on this investigation, as we always do." Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/08/27/ford-explorer-police-nhtsa-probe/#continued) to read the agency's report.Continue reading NHTSA opens investigation into Ford Explorer PI brakes (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/27/ford-explorer-police-nhtsa-probe/)
NHTSA opens investigation into Ford Explorer PI brakes (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/27/ford-explorer-police-nhtsa-probe/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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This year more than most, it's pleasant when we can string together a few days without word of an automaker or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/) announcing a bunch of new recalls. It's seemingly been a little quiet on this front lately (barring a spider-related Suzuki (http://www.autoblog.com/suzuki/) issue revealed early today (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/27/suzuki-kizashi-recall-spider-webs/)), but now we have word of the government safety agency opening a Preliminary Evaluation into the 2013 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+explorer+police+interceptor/), a probe that could potentially affect an estimated 20,000 vehicles.
The issue being investigated concerns failures of the front brake hose on the vehicle that show "small splits in the hoses near the body side ferrule of the hose assembly," according to the agency, and the issue could result in longer stopping distances. The feds have reports of 13 malfunctions affecting 11 Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/explorer/) units. However, it's important to note that all of the incidents come from a single, unnamed metropolitan police fleet that operates 46 of them. According to The Detroit News, the failures generally took place between December and July (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140826/AUTO0102/308260050/0/auto01/U-S-investigates-13-Ford-Explorer-Police-Interceptor-braking-issue).
NHTSA is investigating further to find if this is a more widespread issue than just this one fleet. Ford spokesperson Kelli Felker confirmed to us, "We are cooperating with NHTSA on this investigation, as we always do." Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/08/27/ford-explorer-police-nhtsa-probe/#continued) to read the agency's report.Continue reading NHTSA opens investigation into Ford Explorer PI brakes (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/27/ford-explorer-police-nhtsa-probe/)
NHTSA opens investigation into Ford Explorer PI brakes (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/27/ford-explorer-police-nhtsa-probe/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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