Stop Safely Now (HVBJB): Mach-E Owners Biggest Fear - Facts and Info Thread

[Neil4Real]

Can you point to something that says the NHTSA has a grading system for "safety recalls"? I don't think they have such a thing and I don't think they classify "safety" recalls based on death counts.

This is deemed a safety recall. Not by me, but by the NHTSA:

If you want an analogy that's not death related here goes - When I was helping design cloud infrastructure I don't think I would have kept my job if I told Larry Ellis: "We found a security vulnerability that could expose client data to bad actors. We think we patched it 50% so they might still get some, but let's hope not".

They are telling us that this "safety" issue is resolved, or fixed and that it will (and I quote) "prevent damage to the contactor". It's obviously not. I don't see any way to defend that. It honestly amazes me that people think it's resolved. If they have satisfied the NHTSA by saying we will glide them into a dealer before it happens - well that's BS too because now we see that's not always working.

Then call me unreasonable. Having the software or not doesn't make me any more or less informed. I have spent hours upon hours on this forum over the last week helping people with failures. My goal is to help fellow members and there's many here that will vouch for that. My goal has never been, and never will be, to defend Ford. I call it how it is and that doesn't mean I hate Ford - I own a Ford like almost everyone here. 2 lawsuits have been filed now. There's plenty of legal experts who see it the same way many of us do.



As I said at the very top - this recall, like it or not, is classified as a safety recall. What you, me or anyone else wants to classify it as doesn't matter. Personally, I don't think it's a safety issue myself. I think it's a huge pain-in-the-ass, but it doesn't matter what I think.



This is one of the main reasons that I'm so against the recall. I've said this many times. I drive a lot. I just had my 20k done today and I have owned the car for 9 months. I am far away from home very often and the last thing I want is ANY kind of HVBJB failure. I got a quote today for replacement and I'm going to pay to have it replaced.

I’m confused why you’d pay to have it replaced. Why not just do the recall software and drive it for a bit? Mine and scoops didn’t take long to trigger. Based off your road tripping and DCFC use, you’d probably get it just from turning the car on after the update.

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[DevSecOps]

I’m confused why you’d pay to have it replaced. Why not just do the recall software and drive it for a bit? Mine and scoops didn’t take long to trigger. Based off your road tripping and DCFC use, you’d probably get it just from turning the car on after the update.

I've considered that. But I kinda want the old part. If it's warrantied I'm not getting it. I wanna chop it open and see the damage.

Without getting into detail I could probably get it warrantied without failure, but we won't talk about that.

 

[Avelli]

I've considered that. But I kinda want the old part. If it's warrantied I'm not getting it. I wanna chop it open and see the damage.

Without getting into detail I could probably get it warrantied without failure, but we won't talk about that.

The part probably has to be sent back to Ford for Engineering Failure Analysis. Of course as you alluded to if you paid for the whole shebang, the parts are yours (and if you ask for them in CA, the shop has to give you the old parts)

 

[Av8tor]

It would be a cool science project. Although, the contactors are sealed, I wonder how you would cut them open.

 

[DevSecOps]

It would be a cool science project. Although, the contactors are sealed, I wonder how you would cut them open.

I thought you were coming over with your tools to do that part ...

 

[Av8tor]

I thought you were coming over with your tools to do that part ...

Well, I better get driving. 56 h 32 min (2981 miles). That would be 46h 26m driving with 10h 5m of charging (27 stops)

 

[scoopman]

Well, I better get driving. 56 h 32 min (2981 miles). That would be 46h 26m driving with 10h 5m of charging (27 stops)

That's one way to test out your junction box!

 

[Addos]

Mine just failed and of course Ford roadside is dragging its feet. My plans are ruined. And I am stuck in a city I know little about. FML.

 

[kennethjk]

Mine just failed and of course Ford roadside is dragging its feet. My plans are ruined. And I am stuck in a city I know little about. FML.

sorry to hear. Hope your safe. Lousy at night to boot.

did you have recall software loaded?

 

[Addos]

sorry to hear. Hope your safe. Lousy at night to boot.

did you have recall software loaded?

Nope

 

[kennethjk]

Nope

All ok, road service come yet?

where are you stuck?

 

[scoopman]

All ok, road service come yet?

where are you stuck?

Are you in North Carolina? Someone on this forum had a good dealer experience somewhere in NC if you need a recommendation

 

[johnmark]

This feels like a dumb question but... how do I know if the software update has installed? I have a 22 GT built in late Feb. I'm hoping it will install OTA and I won't have to go to the dealer.

 

[kennelh]

This feels like a dumb question but... how do I know if the software update has installed? I have a 22 GT built in late Feb. I'm hoping it will install OTA and I won't have to go to the dealer.

You'll get a notification in FordPass and in the car when the update it ready to install/has been installed.

 

[johnmark]

You'll get a notification in FordPass and in the car when the update it ready to install/has been installed.

Thanks. All I see in fordpass right now is the notification in the upper left that there's a recall.

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