Ford shares have fallen 2.90% this Wednesday on Wall Street after National Traffic Security Administration on the United States Roads (NHTSSA, for its initials in English) report that the company will have to Remove 694,271 vehicles for fuel leaks.
Specifically, the agency explained that the problem is that «A fuel injector could crack and cause a fuel leak inside the engine compartment«In addition, he says that» a fuel leak in the presence of a source of ignition, such as a hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of fire. «Now, the NHTSA has» in development «the possible solution to the problem, although for the moment The dealers will update the engine control software for free. The agency expects to send the letters of notification to the owners about the security risk on August 18. This is not the first time in which Ford is forced to withdraw vehicles from the market for failures in its components, and in May of this year he had to Call a total of 273,789 vehicles due to manufacturing problems in the brakes.
