It’s no secret that Ford has been plagued by quality issues over the past few years, a problem that CEO Jim Farley says will take years to fix – though a handful of models are expected to show vast improvement by 2025. In the meantime, rearview cameras – in particular – have represented a proverbial thorn in the side of the automaker and many owners, including those that purchased a 2020-2023 Ford Explorer that was recently recalled over that very same problem. Earlier today, The Blue Oval recalled nearly 170k 2020-2023 Lincoln Aviator, 2018-2021 Lincoln Navigator, 2022-2023 Ford Transit, and 2021 Ford Bronco models over an issue with the rearview camera or 360-degree view camera, too – and as it turns out, this is expected to be a pretty pricey problem to rectify, according to Reuters.
Ford expects to dole out a whopping $270 million to fix these vehicles experiencing rearview camera issues, a cost that stems from the fact that it must replace the entire rearview camera assembly. The solution for the previously-issued Explorer recall was an update for the image-processing module software, which ultimately didn’t solve the problem, it seems.
In May, Ford noted that a remedy for the Explorer rearview camera problem was in development, but also admitted that it had not yet determined the root cause at that time. Earlier this month, as many 2023 Ford Explorer models await that development amid a stop-sale issued by the automaker, a FoMoCo spokesperson confirmed that the automaker discovered the root cause of the issue, however.
In the meantime, this enduring issue has led to a significant drop in sales for the 2023 Ford Explorer, as the crossover dipped 23 percent in Q2, ceding first place in the mainstream large three-row crossover segment to the Toyota Highlander, which enjoyed a 12.74 percent increase in the second quarter.
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It shows a lot of promise thus far.
He apparently tuned his pickup and now needs pricey repairs.
A nifty way to conceal additional lighting sources when they aren't needed.
The resulting mine will churn out massive amounts of the material when it's finished.
Not much has changed on that front.
A nice little touch under the hood.
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Farley and FOMOCO could screw up a wet dream now 270 million to fix a problem they already fixed how many times?
I think. It's time to recall Farley's pay check that's about 3 million waste of money. Use that to pay for the recall!!!!
SO NOW, "WHAT'S JOB #1 ?"..
RECALLS!!!
Copy a system from a manufacturer whose system works. Must have purchased low bid again
Keep it up, Farley, and you'll be livin' in a van down by the river.
At least his carbon footprint will be small LOL
Are these cameras an in-house item or provided by a supplier? If they're supplied by a vendor don't they have any responsibility to step up? That being said all of the Big Three are guilty of squeezing suppliers. They chisel them down on cost. The suppliers remove substance to the point that it affects quality.
Aside from powetrains and stampings, the rest of the components are all outsourced. At one time Ford made a lot of their electronics.
Yes and once upon a time they didn't have all these recalls. Huh, wait a minute thats Ironic
Sounds the like the Government. It costs too much money and time to sue them for not providing what they promised so they just pass it along to the consumer (or taxpayer). Ever wonder why it costs $125 for a single bolt on a military vehicle? Just sayin'
Has anyone heard about progress on the single bolt differential frame issue for Explorers? The brake software issue does not leave me feeling good going down the road.
Has anyone heard about progress on the single bolt differential frame issue for 2020-2023 Ford Explorers? The ebrake software issue does not leave me feeling good going down the road.
Hehehe, another Furd gaff!
Don’t blame the suppliers for Furd’s stupidity.
It just never ends with Ford ....SYNC3 is the worst system ever made for multimedia. Disaster update after disaster update. Then the disaster camera system. Magna makes their cameras, no other OEM has this many issues. There is no QC left at Ford.
Furd can’t figure out how to integrate the camera into their system……….. so simple a caveman could do it!