Adapter recall poll: what month deliveries were recalled?

[CarlSagan82]

So do we blame this on Ford or Elon? Pretty nice deal they are fixing this though, and was free after all. I believe GM is making their customers pay.

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[HuntingPudel]

So do we blame this on Ford or Elon? Pretty nice deal they are fixing this though, and was free after all. I believe GM is making their customers pay.

It’s likely a Tesla issue, 99.999% likely in my view. Don’t forget that the first batch was assembled by long-term employees who then got fired by Elon when he fired the entire Supercharger team. The June batch was assembled when Tesla was cobbling together employees (i.e. people with little to no experience with this type of assembly). ??

 

[ChasingCoral]

It’s likely a Tesla issue, 99.999% likely in my view. Don’t forget that the first batch was assembled by long-term employees who then got fired by Elon when he fired the entire Supercharger team. The June batch was assembled when Tesla was cobbling together employees (i.e. people with little to no experience with this type of assembly). ??

Or maybe made by employees grinding their axes?

 

[zvez]

Joy. another well executed execution.

thanks in no small part to elmo and tesla

 

[RickMachE]

Most of us will have the shipped date from the shipping confirmation email from Ford, but not everyone can confirm the actual date it was delivered.

According to the email, mine shipped on June 13, but I can't say for sure when I actually received it. Probably in June, but it's possible it was in July.

Order Details:
Order ID: FAE:90005401
Shipped Date: 2024-6-13

Adapter Info:

It doesn't take 17 days for a FedEx delivery...

 

[Johnny B]

Part number 1434343-20-D. Delivered last week in September. No recall letter so far.

The label on the plastic bag it comes in may not be useful in identifying the batch.
Email from Ford: Tesla NACS Replacement Adapter Shipping Soon | Page 13 | MachEforum - Ford Mustang Mach-E News, Owners, Discussions, Community

Part number on the adaptor should tell the story.

 

[Mr Breeze]

This is getting on the rediculous side, don’t use an adaptor we didn’t send you and don’t use the adaptor we did. I should’ve just bought a Tesla

 

[4sallypat]

This is getting on the rediculous side, don’t use an adaptor we didn’t send you and don’t use the adaptor we did. I should’ve just bought a Tesla

Yah, but Tesla would not give you an adapter for free.

Ford's free adapter is a win win!

 

[Snakebitten]

No offense, but it's pure conjecture to imagine that one adapter was good because someone with experience manufactured it, but another adapter was recalled because it was manufactured by someone off the street that got hired with no experience.

While it's human nature to fill in the blanks when facts aren't available, it's still called conjecture. ?

I'll give it a try myself......
Facts are limited, but we do know that not every adapter has been recalled.
It could be that there was a "run" of adapters that one of the fixtures involved was out of spec and one of the two charge pins didn't get anchored with the intended precision. As a result, it's POSSIBLE that an adapter in this run will function properly for a given amount of time, but could POSSIBLY, at some point, work loose enough to increase electrical resistance and thus overheat. Presenting a risk that Ford isn't willing to gamble on in the future with their "gift".

Obviously I was just imagining ONE plausible explanation that would make sense if the facts were ever presented to back it up. But I'm willing to admit it's pure conjecture.
And so is the claim that inexperienced employees hired after the infamous firing, is the culprit.

I don't know if we will ever know the behind the scenes facts regarding this recall.

 

[ARK]

Is there a thread on the recall? How do you know if you are affected, did Ford send an email to the impacted owners? If I didn’t get an email yet, does that mean mine is in the clear?

 

[zvez]

No offense, but it's pure conjecture to imagine that one adapter was good because someone with experience manufactured it, but another adapter was recalled because it was manufactured by someone off the street that got hired with no experience.

While it's human nature to fill in the blanks when facts aren't available, it's still called conjecture. ?

I'll give it a try myself......
Facts are limited, but we do know that not every adapter has been recalled.
It could be that there was a "run" of adapters that one of the fixtures involved was out of spec and one of the two charge pins didn't get anchored with the intended precision. As a result, it's POSSIBLE that an adapter in this run will function properly for a given amount of time, but could POSSIBLY, at some point, work loose enough to increase electrical resistance and thus overheat. Presenting a risk that Ford isn't willing to gamble on in the future with their "gift".

Obviously I was just imagining ONE plausible explanation that would make sense if the facts were ever presented to back it up. But I'm willing to admit it's pure conjecture.
And so is the claim that inexperienced employees hired after the infamous firing, is the culprit.

I don't know if we will ever know the behind the scenes facts regarding this recall.

two distinct points tho which is confusing. I got mine in the first big batch that went out in june, got the recall, (I was #1717), but then people in the #20XXX delivery range have also gotten the recall. So unless they have a warehouse full and choose to only send out batches once every couple months, that makes it seem that the faulty adapters are throughout the production cycle.

 

[Snakebitten]

two distinct points tho which is confusing. I got mine in the first big batch that went out in june, got the recall, (I was #1717), but then people in the #20XXX delivery range have also gotten the recall. So unless they have a warehouse full and choose to only send out batches once every couple months, that makes it seem that the faulty adapters are throughout the production cycle.

Honestly, even the "First batch good, second batch bad" is conjecture.
Admittedly we have very little facts to go on and the desire to explain is powerful. That's what fuels a forum.

But so little is known about this sudden and unexpected situation.

If I didn't have my A2Z adapter, but did have my Ford adapter, and it has been performing properly, I would use it again today if I needed to.

Or put another way, the email from Ford was the first and only evidence that there was a potential issue. We've had nothing but positive and happy posts with lots of pictures of Mach-E's parked at a Tesla SC using the Ford gift.

Don't misunderstand though..... I absolutely would swap my perfectly functioning Ford adapter for another. Ford knows something that I (we) don't. Yet, anyway.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

This is getting on the rediculous side, don’t use an adaptor we didn’t send you and don’t use the adaptor we did. I should’ve just bought a Tesla

Tesla still has cars for sale. They’ll make you a deal.

 

[Mike G]

My two adapters were made on the 27th and 30th of May (Julian dates derived from the serial numbers and converted to dates).

Both arrived at my house mid June with a week between them.

We should be asking what the manufacture dates were, not when they arrived.

 

[PA27]

Order 1757 shipped 6 June recalled.

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