Ford recalls over 550,000 pickup trucks because transmissions can suddenly downshift to 1st gear
Ford is recalling more than 550,000 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the transmissions can unexpectedly downshift to first gear no matter how fast the trucks are going.
Porsche just recalled every Taycan as well for a brake hose that can leak.
Tesla, Ford and Porshe all back to back.
Someone, university or something looked into this once, and found that something like 70% of the time recalls happen in groups like this as OEMs wait for others to announce their recalls first as they take the bigger stock /media hit. Then anyone else who had one but hadn't announced it yet jumps in and doesn't suffer as much.
Seems like it works because I haven’t seen a post about Porsche. I just learnt about it from your comment.
Ya, that's how it goes.
Here it is
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/msom.2020.0937
It says on average 7.6 following recalls get announced, so we might get a few more!
Add Honda CRV fuel pumps to that. Can cause the engine to just shut off at any time. And Honda won't even have the parts available until the fall unless you are currently experiencing issues related to the fuel pump.
I wonder how long they can "hold onto" a recall like this while waiting for others to announce one first.
Is it just like, oh there's so much paperwork so we have a 6 month window, and it doesn't even matter since the parts aren't available until the fall anyway?
There should probably be better rules on holding info back.
Probly need to make em longer.
That'll probably fix it.
Yyyep.
Yeeeup
*waggling finger guns at ya, bruther.
They'll just flash the computer to default to be 4th gear upon signal loss instead of 1st gear. Danger problem averted. Cost is only 30 minutes of labor.
Gotta love how corporations can just put dangerous deathmobiles on the street and just pull a "oopsie daisy" when people start complaining
I hate the car industry so much. Oh no you can't put on a muffler on your car, it's too loud.
Except obviously when you can afford a Lamborghini, because rich people can be as loud as they want.
Uh no that that rear spoiler looks dangerous, that's not allowed.
But you can sell cars that just hop into 1st gear, that's a honest mistake
Can't have pop up headlights or hood ornaments because they're dangerous to pedestrians.
But you can have a hood that's six feet tall because that's totally safe for pedestrians.
So, like teenagers learning to drive stick.
Eh, not really. The tricky part (which isn't even that tricky) of learning to drive stick is modulating the clutch, not somehow accidentally downshifting
Going from the last gear to first by mistake is impressive
Surprise money shift
cash register rings
Well that'll slow your roll.
Lol "well what do I know about shifting?"
Driver Returned On Foot
Found on road dead
Fix or repair daily
Failure of Research/Development
Fucker only runs downhill
Yo dawg, we heard you like engine braking so we gave you engine breaking in your engine braking!
And yet I can't buy a kei truck because that is supposedly unsafe.
Can buy a motorcycle, can buy a pedestrian killer, can buy a SUV that seems to beg to want to rollover, but can't buy a small truck.
I bet ford regrets not being able to OTA update software…
Yes, because the computer can fix the physical gears in the transmission.
Article literally says it’s a software update that needs to be applied to the transmission computer.
Transmissions are all electronically controlled now.