{"id":15329,"date":"2020-02-17T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15329"},"modified":"2020-02-17T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T17:00:47","slug":"ford-recalls-over-200000-vehicles-because-rear-suspension-toe-links-may-fracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/02\/17\/ford-recalls-over-200000-vehicles-because-rear-suspension-toe-links-may-fracture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford recalls over 200,000 vehicles because Rear Suspension Toe Links May Fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NationalWashington, D.C.<\/strong> – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2013-2018 Lincoln MKT and Ford Flex and Taurus vehicles with the Police Interceptor or SHO Performance Pack. The rear suspension toe links may fracture due to stress on the rear suspension.<\/p>\n

\"2018<\/a>

2018 Ford Taurus is one of the models being recalled.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A fractured rear toe link will cause a sudden change in vehicle handling and increase the risk of a crash.<\/p>\n

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Recall Information<\/h3>\n

Manufacturer:<\/strong> Ford Motor Company<\/p>\n

NHTSA Campaign Number:<\/strong> 20V072000
\nComponents:<\/strong> Suspension
\nPotential Number of Units Affected:<\/strong> 211,207<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Make<\/strong><\/td>\nModel<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ford<\/span><\/td>\nFlex<\/td>\n2013-2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ford<\/span><\/td>\nTaurus<\/td>\n2013-2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln<\/span><\/td>\nMKT<\/td>\n2013-2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2013-2018 Lincoln MKT and Ford Flex and Taurus vehicles with the Police Interceptor or SHO Performance Pack. The rear suspension toe links may fracture due to stress on the rear suspension.<\/p>\n

Remedy<\/h3>\n

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rear suspension toe links, free of charge. Remedy parts are not currently available. Owners will be notified about the recall beginning March 2nd, 2020. A second notice will be mailed when remedy parts become available, which is currently expected to be in summer of 2020. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1.866.436.7332 or Lincoln customer service at 1.800.521.4140. Ford’s number for this recall is 20S04.<\/p>\n

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Notes<\/h3>\n

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1.888.327.4236 (TTY 1.800.424.9153), or go to www.safercar.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2013-2018 Lincoln MKT and Ford Flex and Taurus vehicles with the Police Interceptor or SHO Performance Pack. The rear suspension toe links may fracture due to stress on the rear suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5346,12693,5325,4207,12692,639,1699,629,3338],"class_list":["post-15329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-crash-hazard","tag-ford-flex","tag-ford-motor-company","tag-ford-taurus","tag-lincoln-mkt","tag-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","tag-nhtsa","tag-recall","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15330,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329\/revisions\/15330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}