October 14, 2019

Auto News

Ford recalls 18,000 Ranger pickups due to fire hazard

Ford Motor Company issued a safety recall for thousands of its compact pickup trucks due to an electrical risk that could lead to a fire, officials said.

Ford said it's recalling 18,000 of its 2019 Ranger models due to an electrical defect in the HVAC blower motor. The vehicles were built at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., between Aug. 1 and Sept. 27.

Ford said it's not aware of any injuries due to the defect. There has been one report of a driver seeing smoke and six others prior to delivery.

Ford resurrected the Ranger for the 2019 model year nearly a decade after retiring the vehicle. For much of its initial production run between 1983 and 2011, the Ranger was the best-selling compact pickup in the United States.


BMW recalls 250,000 vehicles to fix blind setting on rear-view camera

Automaker BMW has issued a recall for almost a quarter-million vehicles due to a defect with their backup cameras.

The German company said it found that the safety device's brightness setting can be adjusted to a position that essentially blackens the camera view when the vehicle is in reverse. The setting can be retained from drive-to-drive, which is a violation of federal safety standards.

The recall affects most 2018-2020 model year BMW vehicles and some Rolls Royce models. It also affects the Toyota Supra, which was jointly developed by BMW and Toyota.

Dealerships will perform a software update that will re-calibrate the settings and repair the issue.

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Since consumers don't really have any way of knowing if there is a serious enough defect with a product when they buy it, most of the time these laws are applied when you first purchase the vehicle.

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