Safety Recall 22S41 - 2021-2022 Mach E - HVBJB Recall [high voltage battery main contactors may overheat]

[RickMachE]

My FordPass says there are no recalls for my 2021 SR Premium RWD. But I asked through the chat and the agent said that my car is a part of the 22S41 recall. But it does kind of sound like all of the cars made between 2020-2022 from that specific plant will be a part of the recall? Guess I’ll wait for more info to be released by Ford.

"That specific plant" is the only plant that makes the Mach-E. Therefore, all Mach-Es up to 5/24/22 are currently included.

Sponsored

 

[breeves002]

It takes the better part of a day for the service tech to drop the pack and replace these parts. The throughput for repair work is going to be agonizingly slow.

Better than the 2020 super duty recall that replaced 1st gear in all 10R140 transmissions... like 12 hours of labor on my old truck!

same here (GT). But I wonder if 100% of us are there till they figure this out further...

GTs are the most likely to have the issue most of us assume but so far all US VINs I've run have the recall listed.

I see my recall on this weird Ford ETIS site, which threw up many browser security flags. The regular Ford recall site shows no recall; classic horrible Ford systems. How is this not EV Public News yet? This is bigger EV news than usual; this is not a minor recall on a minor item ... in my opinion.

It isn't public because it was an advance notice that was released yesterday. Give it a few days it'll get picked up. No parts available to fix yet. In theory only dealers have been notified so far...but then I post this stuff here so more of us are informed. Nothing to do but wait.

Well Shoot - I just found this thread. Our VIN (GT) shows up with the recall on FORDEtis.

We have a family road trip / vacation to Canada (around 800 miles total) coming up at the end of this month and were planning to take our Mach-e. We have ICE vehicles, but they would add hundreds in fuel costs to the trip. Our GT has been awesome ever since we got it, but now I am nervous.

I would take it just don't floor it everywhere Mine lasted to 13998 miles before failing. I beat on that car too.

Funniest things I've read today:

- "My car is part of the recall" - Every Mach-E up to 5/24/22 is at this point. While they may all be, no one knows.

- Discussion of removing and replacing the battery pack, when no one knows if the fix is software, hardware, or both.

- "I just looked up my car and" - Stop wasting your time. Life is too short to do such unproductive things. Relax.

- All US/Canada delivered Mexico built Mach E's seem to be in the recall but like you said no one actually knows at this point.
- At least on GTs I'm pretty dang sure it is a hardware fix. Software likely comes along with that though. Time will tell for other vehicles.
- Unless you're waiting to take delivery agreed, no point looking it up. Ford will notify when the time comes.

There are 17 pages in this thread.

Can someone please post actual facts in another thread and then lock it?

Thanks.

There aren't any hard facts. This is all we know and a bunch of speculation. While there are definitely some really good educated guesses no one knows anything for certain that is public information at this point.

 

[FLmac]

Thanks for the info. My fear is that my car will sit in the dealer parking lot waiting for parts while new builds at the factory take precedence on available parts. The same thing happened to many January builds (like mine) that sat on chip-hold waiting for parts while new factory builds with the same configuration sailed through shipping. And they won't stop cranking out F150 Lightnings. If my car sits long enough, I miss the federal credit. I know that seems like a long time to sit but that's how little faith I have in Ford at this point.

You won’t miss out on the tax credit.

 

[breeves002]

"That specific plant" is the only plant that makes the Mach-E. Therefore, all Mach-Es up to 5/24/22 are currently included.

Also built in Chongqing China...but I honestly am not sure how long they've been built there and what markets they serve other than China. Those likely aren't included as they use a different battery pack from what I've gathered.

 

[rcechinel]

No one can buy a car from a dealer now. Period.

My wife just reminded me: The Lightning is not stopping...

 

[Brian707]

 

[Astro19]

I'm just here to find out whether yearly quarters are in weeks or months.

 

[rcechinel]

Damn. I just checked too and my Select Standard AWD shows it too.
Spoke to ford chat last night and they said I had not been included

EVERY.CAR.IS.INCLUDED! This is a pre-recall notice.

Not directed at you, but it's clear that forum members have, regardless of their actual age, the emotional control of a 15 year old teenager. ?

 

[FLmac]

I’m just miles away from delivery. My VIN comes up clean on the Ford recal checker but like everything Ford, that system can’t be up to date yet.
What do you think will be my dealer move (#1. I’m sure I will need to educate them on everything)? 1. Will they say it’s sad and encourage me to walk away like they are doing me a favor?
2. Require me to buy the car within 10 days and then have it sit in their lot for up to 14 weeks during the 3rd Quarter
3. Tell me I can buy the car sometime later (After 10 days from delivery) with a handshake that it’s mine once the recall timeline is sorted out (..of course I don’t trust this)
4. ?

I’m up shits creek. I will try and find another car quickly but I went all-in with the MME. Financing is arranged and my current car is sold. I tried to find a different car five weeks ago and struck out. I fear having to buy a car and pay for it while getting put into a recall fix line. Of course I will want fix priority… haha,do you think I’m going to get that?

They legally can’t sell you the car. They can’t let you drive the car or pay for the car. They can’t sell it to anyone else either. The worst case is you wait for the recall to be fixed and the dealer hopes you walk away and then they can sell it to someone else. This is how I got my 21 off a lot. It was on the seatbelt recall and the original buyer walked away.

It sucks with your situation. Yesterday afternoon I was thinking about selling my current car this week since my new one should be at the dealer in less than 2 weeks. This thought was foolish and I’m thankful I didn’t do anything.

I would imagine Ford will make all cars in dealer inventory as a priority. I still think it will be September. My only priority concern would be how dealers with multiple cars on hold choose to prioritize those cars. I know my dealer has at least 3 in transport.

 

[RickMachE]

Wow I didn’t realize there was only 1 plant pushing out all of these cars. Impressive but also no wonder there are recalls.

Your "logic" isn't logic. The more plants, the more risk.

 

[FLmac]

They will likely go with option 2 and sell you the car but not deliver it. The good news is, at least from what I was told and experience, the cars that are sitting sold on dealer lots are highest priority for Ford to fix. As long as your dealer is willing to do the work it should get parts faster. I had the same situation where I bought the car but dealer couldn’t deliver it due to glass recall, my car was within the first few in the country to have the recall work completed! Good luck!

This is against the law.

 

[rcechinel]

This thread is just gold.

 

[Texas-E]

EVERY.CAR.IS.INCLUDED! This is a pre-recall notice.

Not directed at you, but it's clear that forum members have, regardless of their actual age, the emotional control of a 15 year old teenager. ?

If I'm not mistaken, it says "Certain 2021-2022 Model Year Mustang Mach-E Vehicles."

If you are saying that because it is a pre-recall notice that everyone will get flagged until "certain 2021-2022" Mach-Es are identified, that is a great point.

 

[rcechinel]

If I'm not mistaken, it says "Certain 2021-2022 Model Year Mustang Mach-E Vehicles."

If you are saying that because it is a pre-recall notice that everyone will get flagged until "certain 2021-2022" Mach-Es are identified, that is a great point.

It's exactly what I'm saying. Until we know more, it's every car. Then details about what kind of fix each car will go through, if any, will come.
Chill.

 

[pnrmurph]

I'm just here to find out whether yearly quarters are in weeks or months.

Current Year (2022)

Quarter	Start Date (MM-DD-YYYY)	End Date (MM-DD-YYYY)
Q1	01-01-2022	03-31-2022
Q2	04-01-2022	06-30-2022
Q3	07-01-2022	09-30-2022
Q4	10-01-2022	12-31-2022

There are also fiscal quarters that may not line up with the gregorian calander quarters, but I think Ford is referring to the above.

Of course when companies use timing in quarters or halves, I find it usally means the prodcuct, fix, update, etc. will be available the 2nd to last day of said quarter or half. ?

Sponsored