Roofs Flying Off!?

[Kabish]

The recall is not about seals though, its about inadequate bonding.

Inadequate Panoramic Roof Glass Panel Bonding
A roof panel that separates from a vehicle can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V712000

If you read it for its face value, then it implies the roof could come flying off, although I doubt its likely. Its for sure being written like this because of the comments made in the past from Ford. I mean common, who would pass taking a few shots at Ford after they made jokes about the exact problem they are in now.

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[kltye]

I'm sorry - why are people upset about a recall? Doesn't that mean it's an admittance of failure? Would you rather the failure go unnoticed and ignored? (ala Ford DPS6 transmission)

I'm just glad we didn't have actual roofs/bumpers flying/falling off before a recall was announced.

 

[agoldman]

I'm sorry - why are people upset about a recall? Doesn't that mean it's an admittance of failure? Would you rather the failure go unnoticed and ignored? (ala Ford DPS6 transmission)

I'm just glad we didn't have actual roofs/bumpers flying/falling off before a recall was announced.

maybe we can get a recall for the failed "moose" test..

 

[physib]

maybe we can get a recall for the failed "moose" test..

maybe just recall the moose

 

[DYohn]

My roof FLEW RIGHT OFF! Fortunately it landed softly and I was able to put it back on with a little RTV.

That's all a complete lie, of course.

 

[Kabish]

maybe we can get a recall for the failed "moose" test..

I just watched that too

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

There are no roofs falling off, the Mach-E is better built, has better range, is more affordable, has more room and Faster than the Tesla Model Y. Thats why they are upset.

Well, just edit out that faster part and I think you’re ok. Haha

 

[Barno]

Maybe they will provide 3 years free EA charging credits as a show of good will to all the early adopters affected by the recall.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

If I had a dollar for every Mach-E roof that came off, I'd have... well... zero dollars.

There's an easy solution for those pesky flying roofs!

flyingroofs.com



Or ...

Brief the salespeople! Make it a feature! Sadly though, it'd be a failure, as Ford's roofs have not actually flown.

 

[Woeo]

It's not trying to help anyone, but, Ford came out with this car, bragged about it's quality, how it's better than some other company, and now in typical Ford fashion, we have a world-wide recall on the car.

Ford, your words, cook them, and savor the taste as you eat them.

Ford is doing the safe thing. The response we want from all manufacturers. When an issue is identified, as in this case, before any incidents occur.....undertake the action necessary to address the problem. Not all manufacturers behave this way.

 

[yngwenli]

I heard about this this a while back, before all the press yesterday.

It's nice it's being done before any actual roofs fell off or accidents occurred. Compared to the Chevy Bolt recall, which has burned 20 cars so far I think, I'm not concerned about this roof thing since this doesn't even affect anyone waiting on the car or recently received the car. I'm still more concerned with the battery and hope they don't increase the range in the 2022, but make the car have a higher chance to spontaneous catch fire (Mach-e uses LG Chem pouch cells who also produced batteries for the Bolt). Hope they're different enough with different QA processes.

I'm still waiting for GM to resolve my Bolt issue.

 

[ClaudeMach-E]

I haven't read a single thing about roofs flying off, only that the seals aren't great and some cracked. This isn't the only outlet to say this either. My wife called me after hearing it on WTOP (a local news radio here) that said the same thing

Fake news , don't you know that in the US ?

 

[Davedough]

False news , don't you know that in the US ?

Yes, I know its false news and I live the horror that false news ravages on our citizens every day

 

[AZBill]

I'm still more concerned with the battery and hope they don't increase the range in the 2022, but make the car have a higher chance to spontaneous catch fire (Mach-e uses LG Chem pouch cells who also produced batteries for the Bolt). Hope they're different enough with different QA processes.

Fortunately, the NHTSA has sent LG a letter requesting a list of all cars their batteries are used on and the QC process information for all those battery factories as well.

 

[ChasingCoral]

It's not trying to help anyone, but, Ford came out with this car, bragged about it's quality, how it's better than some other company, and now in typical Ford fashion, we have a world-wide recall on the car.

Ford, your words, cook them, and savor the taste as you eat them.

Except that Ford is issuing a recall to improve safety before a safety problem has been experienced by drivers. To my knowledge, no Mach E roofs have flown off. Despite that, Ford is doing the right thing. Tesla roofs were flying off and bumpers falling off and customers were having to fight Tesla to get it fixed under warranty.

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