NHTSA investigating 2022 Mach-E HVBJB recall (high voltage battery main contactors)

[HuntingPudel]

With you we now have four confirmed 2021 GT/GTPE cars on this forum that have not had the failure.
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Heh I used to be part of that club. Not any more…

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[rgreene]

With you we now have four confirmed 2021 GT/GTPE cars on this forum that have not had the failure.

I am at just under 33k, and I WOT every chance I get. And I am not stopping, because that is one big reason I got this car.

Is there a poll or something somewhere to track this? I’ve got a ‘21 GTPE and still haven’t had a SVS/SSN.

 

[mkhuffman]

Is there a poll or something somewhere to track this? I’ve got a ‘21 GTPE and still haven’t had a SVS/SSN.

Five! No poll. I am manually keeping track because I am one of the five.

I guess I need to start a list now. When it was two, it was easy.

 

[AKgrampy]

Five! No poll. I am manually keeping track because I am one of the five.

I guess I need to start a list now. When it was two, it was easy.

The person who finishes last in the Iditarod earns the red lantern. I was thinking I might earn it but I will never catch up with you 21 GT’s!

 

[HuntingPudel]

Five! No poll. I am manually keeping track because I am one of the five.

I guess I need to start a list now. When it was two, it was easy.

You have five fingers on the other hand, Mike.

 

[All Hat No Cattle]

From a dealer perspective I can understand why they would not want publicly available DCFC stations on their lots. Traffic in and around vehicle inventory on the lots is just asking for trouble.

So you are charging in the middle of a Ford dealer's parking lot. What are you going to do while you are waiting? Maybe look around?

My closest Ford dealer has a sit-down, waitress-served, 50's diner on site, Mustang Sally's. They love having people drive over from other dealers for meals. Traffic= potential sales.

 

[Moeyjar]

As soon as I comment saying I haven't had an issue in my 21 GTPE, it will throw an SVS/SSN error, so I'm not going to comment

 

[mdolan92869]

As soon as I comment saying I haven't had an issue in my 21 GTPE, it will throw an SVS/SSN error, so I'm not going to comment

Oh, too late. The Ford bot that scans these forums has seen this post and marked you for SVS/SSN. Bummer.

 

[meyousikmann]

Five! No poll. I am manually keeping track because I am one of the five.

I guess I need to start a list now. When it was two, it was easy.

Do 21s converted to 22s count? I've got a 22 GT that was originally ordered as a 21 and converted to a 22 while it sat waiting for chips.

17214 miles and still the original HVBJB.

 

[mkhuffman]

Do 21s converted to 22s count? I've got a 22 GT that was originally ordered as a 21 and converted to a 22 while it sat waiting for chips.

17214 miles and still the original HVBJB.

I assume yours was produced late 2021 but called a 2022? Sure, that is close enough to me.

 

[meyousikmann]

I assume yours was produced late 2021 but called a 2022? Sure, that is close enough to me.

Car was ordered 9/17/2021 as a '21 model and was expected to be delivered as a '21 model in January of '22. Actually, went into production 1/22. Got email from Ford that assembly was taking longer than expected (presumably due to chip shortages at that time) and was being converted to a '22 model year. Finally delivered on 5/19/22.

At the end of the day, I would say this is a '21 model year with the same HVBJB as all other '21s. I am not even sure what a "conversion" from '21 to '22 would include. I know there were lots of others on the forum that had the same "conversion", so there are these ambiguous late '21 model years out there that are now labeled as '22 models.

 

[HuntingPudel]

Car was ordered 9/17/2021 as a '21 model and was expected to be delivered as a '21 model in January of '22. Actually, went into production 1/22. Got email from Ford that assembly was taking longer than expected (presumably due to chip shortages at that time) and was being converted to a '22 model year. Finally delivered on 5/19/22.

At the end of the day, I would say this is a '21 model year with the same HVBJB as all other '21s. I am not even sure what a "conversion" from '21 to '22 would include. I know there were lots of others on the forum that had the same "conversion", so there are these ambiguous late '21 model years out there that are now labeled as '22 models.

The conversion is in the VIN assigned to the order (they're converting your order, not your car, since the car didn't exist at that time). It's a 2022 model if the VIN says it is. The 2022s produced before June of 2022 all got the same HVBJBs as the 2021s. My 2021 will have the revised HVBJB whenever I get it back from the dealer.

 

[AKgrampy]

Car was ordered 9/17/2021 as a '21 model and was expected to be delivered as a '21 model in January of '22. Actually, went into production 1/22. Got email from Ford that assembly was taking longer than expected (presumably due to chip shortages at that time) and was being converted to a '22 model year. Finally delivered on 5/19/22.

At the end of the day, I would say this is a '21 model year with the same HVBJB as all other '21s. I am not even sure what a "conversion" from '21 to '22 would include. I know there were lots of others on the forum that had the same "conversion", so there are these ambiguous late '21 model years out there that are now labeled as '22 models.

If your car went into production Jan 22 then it is a 22. Mine went into production Jan 17. Luckily mine was finished Jan 31. I am fairly certain all cars that began production after Jan 1 were 22 models.

 

[Teslaeata]

Except it does not work as described and actually prevent further damage. It basically just turns it into a ticking time bomb.

……….and irrespective of the requirement for a Safety Recall is not of Satisfactory Quality.

There is lack of fitness for purpose, it is not free from even minor defects, potential safety and [lack of] durability so does not meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory when account is taken of any description of the goods [car], the price if relevant which it clearly is because it was the full retail price paid, and all other circumstances, or the equivalent thereof in the market sold.

So let’s not get hung up on just the possible Safety Recall which is why people will sue, not that I’m a fan of it but you turn out stuff that’s substandard you will metaphorically get shot for it!

Fortunately, touching wood, mine don’t appear to suffer.

 

[Mv10858]

2021 GT 30500 miles on original.

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