U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said in documents posted Monday on its website that it upgraded the investigation to an engineering analysis, a step closer to a recall.

The investigation now covers Ford’s F-150 pickup truck, as well as Explorer, Bronco and Edge SUVs and Lincoln Nautilus and Aviator SUVs. All are from the 2021 and 2022 model years and are equipped with 2.7-liter or 3.0-liter V6 turbocharged engines.

  • @just_change_it
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    1 year ago

    Find me a DC Electric Engine sold as a part from GM, Ford, Toyota, BMW, Honda, Tesla, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Buick, Renault, Mazda, Bentley, Kia, Chrysler, Jeep, Audi or Subaru. I bet every car with one from the last 30 years is going to call it a DC Electric motor.

    We’re not talking about the usage of Motor and how it’s been used with other words to describe all manner of things from locomotives to motels. We’re talking about the Engines and Motors that power vehicles themselves.

    Anything less is just motorboating for the sake of enjoyment, and who doesn’t like a good motorboat? It’s just off topic is all.

    Next you’re going to tell me that Cars aren’t just a shortened version of Horseless Carriage.

    Oh and btw, when you look for “motoroil” the listings are all Engine Oil… guess the terminology has changed since our great grandparents. https://www.autozone.com/motor-oil-and-transmission-fluid/engine-oil

    • @Shikadi
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      01 year ago

      All gas/diesel engines are motors, both by dictionary definition and colloquially. Nobody calls an electric motor a DC engine, but that has nothing to do with gas engines regularly being called motors.