Ford is recalling nearly 260,000 vehicles, most of them large pickup trucks, to fix safety defects that include sudden stalling of diesel engines, US federal safety regulators said on Monday, according to Reuters.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the stalling problem affects F-Series Super Duty pickups from the 2004-2005 model years as well as the 2004-2005 Ford Excursion full-size sport utility vehicle and E350 and E450 vans.
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About 180,100 of these vehicles are equipped with 6.0 litre diesel engines and the recall stems from a potentially faulty fuel injection control module, the NHTSA said.
Two reports of minor injuries have been linked to the problem, Kinley said.
According to Reuters, Ford was also investigating 2003 model-year F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks equipped with the 6.0 litre diesel engines due to ‘various engine performance issues’.
Separately, NHTSA said on Monday Ford was recalling 78,675 Super Duty pickups and chassis cab vehicles from the 2005 model year because their fuel line may separate from the main fuel bundle.
Fuel line separation can cause engine stalling or leakage, possibly resulting in a fire, NHTSA said.
The agency identified the trucks affected by the recall as F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty pickups and said they were equipped with 5.4 or 6.8 liter gasoline engines.
