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Ford overview:
- Who: Ford Motor Co. has dealt with class action lawsuits, a class action settlement, a recall, a price hike, supply chain woes and a lawsuit of its own in the past several months.
- Why: The activity has revolved around claims of defective parts and supply chain shortages, among other things.
- Where: Nationwide
Over the past several months, Ford Motor Co. has dealt with class action lawsuits, a class action settlement, a recall, a price hike, supply chain woes and a lawsuit of its own.
Ford faced claims earlier this month that it sold certain vehicles with defective water pumps that could suffer a sudden internal breakdown, leading to a “catastrophic” engine failure.
The driver behind the class action lawsuit claims thousands of Ford vehicles manufactured with a Cyclone engine — which the automaker allegedly put in its vehicles from 2007 to at least 2020 — contain faulty internal water pumps.
Ford is accused of knowing about the water pump defect issue for more than a decade but, rather than fixing or disclosing the issue, continued to sell affected vehicles while not having the issue covered under its warranty.
“Not only does Ford represent that the water pump will not need to be serviced or maintained, but the internal location of the water pump in the engine conceals it from view and inspection when other routine service is being performed on the Class Vehicles,” the Ford class action states.
Ford faced a separate class action lawsuit last month alleging it knowingly sold its Ford Super Duty pick-up truck with a defective roof that was prone to collapsing in the event of a rollover crash.
The Ford Super Duty truck rollover class action lawsuit was filed only weeks after a jury in Georgia ruled Ford must pay $1.7 billion in punitive damages to the family of a married couple who were killed after their roof collapsed during an accident involving their 2002 F-250 Super Duty.
“This catastrophic injury and death risk is the direct result of a design defect that was known to Ford and is still unremedied by Ford,” the Ford class action states.
Ford recalls certain vehicles over cloudy camera lenses, faces shortage of badges, nameplates
Ford initiated a recall last month for certain model year 2017-2020 F-Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, and 2017-2020 Lincoln Continental vehicles over concerns their rearview cameras have cloudy lenses.
“Degradation of the camera’s anti-reflective lens coating can lead to a foggy or cloudy rear view camera image,” the Ford recall says.
The recalled rearview camera was introduced into production by Ford in November 2015 and subsequently removed from production in March 2020, according to the Ford recall.
Also last month, Ford revealed it is facing a shortage of blue oval badges and nameplates the auto manufacturer affixes to almost all of its vehicles.
The shortage reportedly is on account of a yearslong supply-chain issue affecting the availability of, among other things, parts such as semiconductor chips, wire harnesses and other raw materials.
Ford reportedly said that the supply chain issues have forced it to delay shipment of between 40,000 to 45,000 vehicles to its dealers.
Ford increases price of F-150 Lighting electric pickup trucks, Ford Canada agrees to pay $82 to end collusion claims
In August, Ford announced it would be increasing the sale price of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks by $7,000 — and by $8,500 for more highly equipped models — due to “significant material cost increases.”
The price bump increases the cost of Ford’s basic F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks from $40,000 to $47,000.
Customers who had already pre-ordered a Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck for purchase at the original price of $40,000 will not be affected by the price increase, according to the automaker.
Also in August, Ford Canada agreed to pay $82 million in order to resolve claims it colluded with other automakers to block vehicle exporting.
The class action settlement was made in order to benefit a California class of consumers who had either purchased or leased certain makes of vehicles, including Ford, Dodge, Chrysler and Infiniti, among others.
Ford Canada had been accused of violating California’s Cartwright Act by allegedly working with General Motors, Volvo, Honda, Toyota and Nissan, among others, to keep new vehicles from being exported from Canada into the United States.
Ford claims companies sold counterfeit parts, confusing customers
Ford filed a lawsuit of its own in August, meanwhile, against three American companies and one Chinese company it accused of manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ford parts.
The automaker claims the companies — along with several unknown individuals — had been manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ford parts out of warehouses for as long as two years.
Ford argues the alleged sale of the counterfeit parts has confused its customers and harmed both its business and its goodwill with consumers.
Have you been affected by any of the legal actions surrounding Ford in the past several months? Let us know in the comments.
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38 thoughts onFord facing recent class action lawsuits, recalls, supply chain issues
A recall and parts delay is removing my only income source. I am a disabled service member that cannot work. Since my vehicle is not technically road worthy due to the recall I cannot rent it out.
2018 Ford Escape – had Eco boost – I was told the coolant leaked into the cylinders, rendering them useless with no compression.
the car would never start. The technician told me the spark plugs were welded into place and could not be removed.
They told me I had to pay $7,000.00 for a new engine so I had the tow truck driver leave the vehicle in their lot.
I left it there and walked home. I take the bus now. very sad … total loss and dont know what to do about it.
I have a beautiful 2011 Ford Mustang convertible in excellent condition that has been rendered useless because the module that controls the brake lights and turn signals has failed and cannot be replaced because Ford discontinued production of the part 8 years after the car was purchased. There is no alternative part offered by Ford. After extensive searching on the Internet for this part that cannot be found I am assuming there are many other Mustang owners out there facing this problem. The part number is AR3Z13C788F
I purchased a 2018 Ford F-150 in 2019 brand new. After having the vehicle for 3 months and watching a YouTube video, my husband went to check the oil level. It was a few quarts low! After several attempts by the dealer to resolve, it was determined that my brand new F-150 needed to have the motor replaced. Not happy.
Ford corporate would not entertain receiving the vehicle back and the motor was replaced.
My spouse has since passed away and I was able to finally sell the truck on my own in 2020. There were less than 12,000 miles when it sold and I hope and pray the individual who purchased has not had any issues moving forward.
I bought 2016 escape used with 22,500 miles in 2019. Had the car a week when 1st turbo went bad. Car has had 3 turbos and 3 transmissions. Now it’s in the shop with bad water pump, possibly burnt heads. Looking at thousands in repairs. No warning at all!! Car still don’t have 100,000 miles. I’ve got over 30 grand in this car. This car is defective all the way around and Ford knows it!!!!
Mine too transmission went after they fixed the recall on it 84000 miles only. They need to take care of this problem
I helped my son purchases his first vehicle witch is a F150 2013. he had the truck 3 days, come to find out it has a recall since 2019 for a senor which has been at ford dealership in wi since October 2022..Not drivable. The dealership has no loaners and can do nothing to help him. My sons company is letting him use his work truck but said next month he can no long use it. So that will mean he will be losing his job beause the truck he is making payments on is not drivable and no one knows when the parts are coming in. Without a job he will not be able to make the payments.
I have a 2016 ford explorer that I purchased used 10/2021, turbo and catalytic converter went out 7/2022. I only got it back yesterday 3/17/2023!!!! Because of supply chain issues!!!! I still made the monthly payments and insurance, plus I lost 2/3 of the year on my tags. Is there a class action suit that I can join?
Hello, my wife recently extended her lease on a 2019 escape for 6 months. Low and behold, she starts getting low tire pressure warnings. Takes it in, needs a new tire. But they claim the extra coverage she was paying for wasn’t extended, DESPITE THE PAYMENTS BEING THE SAME! This just reeks of fraud. They claim the legalese she received on line states as much. Nothing specifically says “tire warranty” and one would think if the payment is the same, it would still be covered. Anyway, word is a lot of people have run into this and that there is a class action suit getting under way. Any word? Because we are going to help push this sucker to the finish line. Isn’t bad enough we had to spend a couple hundred 2 days before to put down our cat of 16 years. We shouldn’t have to tolerate these crooks.
How do I join the class action lawsuit?
Turbo seal failed and ran engine out blowing motor at 180k. Fought ford for months. There findings were due to the km of the car they can’t help.
180k on a turbo diesel. Seriously
2017 ford explorer sport. Eco boost engine with 67,000 miles on it. Sat idling for 1/2 hour. Turned off restarted and truck billowing white smoke. Engine light on. Take to ford and told turbo failed need to replace them. $4900-$5200. Could also be more damage to engine. Ford has known about this issue for years! It affects all models of ford with eco boost engines.
This is exactly what happened to my 2016 ford explorer sport with 68k miles! Cost me $4k!!!! And it only took 8.5 months.
I own a 2010 Ford Fusion,having problems with the transmission and power steering
Mine too, seems to have something to do with the tpms sensors
Ordered a Bronco in June 2022. Vehicle was built in September. I was told it would arrive in October. It is now December and they have pushed the date back to February. My car has been sitting idle in Mexico for 3 months. They say transportation issues. If this is so, how are dealerships able to get shipments. Shouldn’t I be a priority over the dealerships? How long does a person have to wait?