Back in November 2022, The Blue Oval issued recalls for select 2020-2022 Ford Escape and 2021-2023 Ford Bronco Sport models equipped with the turbocharged Ford 1.5L I-3 EcoBoost engine over a fuel injector issue after it discovered that those parts could potentially crack and leak fuel inside the engine compartment, which can increase the risk of a fire. Since then, the automaker has faced an ongoing saga of recalls, investigations, and lawsuits over that same matter, and now, that continues even after a lawsuit was dismissed some time ago.
According to Car Complaints, a class action lawsuit filed over these faulty fuel injectors – Letson, et al., v. Ford Motor Company – has been granted a motion for relief of judgment, meaning that it will head back to court after it had previously been dismissed. Originally, Ford instructed dealers to update the engine control software to include fuel injector leak detection and install a drain tube, but some owners didn’t find that fix to be adequate and proceeded to file a class action lawsuit early last year. The lawsuit was subsequently dismissed earlier this year when a judge sided with Ford after it issued two new recalls pertaining to an expanded scope of models.
However, roughly a month later, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation to determine if the recalls were satisfactory in terms of fixing the problem. In May, the agency announced that Ford’s proposed fix was not, in fact, adequate, noting that “the remedy program does not address the root cause of the issue and does not proactively call for the replacement of defective fuel injectors prior to their failure.”
Based on this information, Judge Shalina D. Kumar – who dismissed the case previously – determined that the class action lawsuit was in fact valid and should continue, even though the NHTSA hasn’t formally concluded its investigation into the matter.
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I think those injectors were plastic thats the problem then.
Gee, you use injectors in your gasoline engine that can crack and leak. Wouldn’t replacing these injectors with replacements that won’t crack seem like a good idea? Who in the HELL in Dearborn signed off on updating software to detect a leak and install a drain tube for this gasoline that’s not where it’s supposed to be? That’s not idiotic. That’s CRIMINAL.