Ford Delays All UK Mach-E Deliveries Until Further Notice Due to 'Safety Risk’

[theo1000]

This hits close to home. Last year I had a case a mile from my house where a driver went off the road embankment into a heavily wooded area barely 50 yards off the freeway but down 10 yards. He was conscious but was pinned in place. Both arms shattered. I and thousands of motorists drove past him for 1 week till he was discovered. Unfortunately even though he was rushed to hospital he did not survive. Father of 3 young children. Happens too often. Sounds like this system would have saved his life.

I still wince every time I drive past the spot.

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[EVS]

This hits close to home. Last year I had a case a mile from my house where a driver went off the road embankment into a heavily wooded area barely 50 yards off the freeway but down 10 yards. He was conscious but was pinned in place. Both arms shattered. I and thousands of motorists drove past him for 1 week till he was discovered. Unfortunately even though he was rushed to hospital he did not survive. Father of 3 young children. Happens too often. Sounds like this system would have saved his life.

I still wince every time I drive past the spot.

This is what GM's OnStar has been doing for many years. Although the hardware comes built into all GM cars, there is a monthly subscription fee. It seems EU has made such service mandatory and free.

https://www.onstar.com/us/en/home/

 

[ARK]

Not just where everyone in unconscious but a phone left in the wireless charger during a crash probably won’t be anywhere within reach or if it is in any working order to be able to be used to call the emergency services.

If the system in the two countries works the same, I believe a call gets placed to you through the vehicle’s own cell service in case you don’t have a phone with you or in the event you can’t reach it.

In any case, I still think this is the sort of incremental safety improvement that’s nice to have and does make the vehicle safer, but not mission critical, particularly if it’s a relatively short delay for the fix but wholly denies people the use of the vehicle in the interim.

Also, look at it this way - does the law require or even recommend that owners of Mach-Es that have already been sold immediately stop driving the vehicle until this fix is implemented? If not, there is a gap here, i.e. it’s important enough that no one should drive a vehicle in this state, or it’s sufficiently not serious such that everyone should be able to keep driving or start driving the vehicle.

 

[kdryden99]

If this location issue is a centralized issue across all MME's and the eCall depends on it then maybe we will all get an update fixing the accuracy of our location. This might help more ppl then you would expect since it might affect the charging scheduling which depends on location

 

[Shayne]

If this location issue is a centralized issue across all MME's and the eCall depends on it then maybe we will all get an update fixing the accuracy of our location. This might help more ppl then you would expect since it might affect the charging scheduling which depends on location

"Incorrect location information" Some cars do not know where they are all the time. Knew that but never thought it could throw a wrench such as a safety issue hold. Same could apply to the MME's on this side and they may not be able to pin point all them.

Read this and had the same thought. This latest may place some further priority on it. In the shop for it right now and dealer said he thinks they have the fix? Fingers crossed that this is short lived.

 

[Cricri67]

I can confirm that France is affected as well...

 

[Holy Driver]

Germany also.
And mine is currently at customs in antwerp
Soooo close to delivery

 

[Jinxed]

Ours was due to be delivered this week in the Netherlands but the delivery date has suddenly been removed and no word from dealer yet. I wonder if this affects us too then.

 

[Tobi8424]

Same for Switzerland: "21C16 - DER AKTIONSCODE IST AKTIV, JEDOCH NOCH OHNE TITEL. WEITERE EINZELHEITEN FINDEN SIE IM ANSCHREIBEN ZU DIESEM RUECKRUF BZW. SERVICE PROGRAMM."

 

[BlackheathDiggs]

We've had this update on the issue from the Mach E concierge in the UK:

Unfortunately a bug in the location services has been identified that results in eCall not sending the correct location when in the range of 0⁰ to -1⁰ west of Greenwich. A software update to resolve the issue and lift the hold is in high priority development and we are pushing to have this available as soon as possible.

 

[e-pony]

This hits close to home. Last year I had a case a mile from my house where a driver went off the road embankment into a heavily wooded area barely 50 yards off the freeway but down 10 yards. He was conscious but was pinned in place. Both arms shattered. I and thousands of motorists drove past him for 1 week till he was discovered. Unfortunately even though he was rushed to hospital he did not survive. Father of 3 young children. Happens too often. Sounds like this system would have saved his life.

I still wince every time I drive past the spot.

There are other solutions for those who are concerned. I would rather spend my money elsewhere. Govts do not need to step in to require solutions which stymie innovation more than it encourages.

 

[Holy Driver]

Maybe there is a fix until 16th june.
https://mach-e-forum.de/thread/677-vehicle-hold-in-uk-und-eu/?postID=19976#post19976

Information from a netherland board

 

[SteveUk]

I hope so as this is more than urgent now.

 

[rvee]

Makes no difference. This is an agreed safety feature that needs to work.

What is shocking is that it shows a lack of testing. It only took a few days for people to notice in their brand new cars that it shows their car as being somewhere else many miles away!

That's what I said before. We are alpha testing in Europe

 

[Scarpia]

There are other solutions for those who are concerned. I would rather spend my money elsewhere. Govts do not need to step in to require solutions which stymie innovation more than it encourages.

Could you give specific examples of possible "other solutions" you have in mind? Also, how does this safety feature "stymie innovation more than it encourages"?

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