[HN Gopher] Ford's recall of Mustang Mach-Es in 2022 is under in...
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       Ford's recall of Mustang Mach-Es in 2022 is under investigation by
       feds
        
       Author : LinuxBender
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-08-21 21:31 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | troytc wrote:
       | Anecdotal, but I drive a 2023 - Ford's word is that this is
       | "fixed" in 2023 models and later (the "2023.5" is shipping now)
       | but unclear if that's a software or hardware fix. Almost 10k
       | miles in with no issues thus far. From my understanding, the
       | issue is most common in the GT and GT Performance trims when
       | maxing out the power - which tracks with the on-ramp story in the
       | OP. MachEForum has a great tracker on where (since EV power is
       | definitely temperature related), what trims, and what model years
       | this is occurring on.
        
         | tw04 wrote:
         | It's a hardware fix. They have a redesigned HVBJB that they
         | install into older cars that run into the issue. Newer cars
         | were built with the updated part.
         | 
         | The only "software fixes" for the issue was logic to
         | preemptively detect an impending failure so people wouldn't get
         | caught on the side of the road.
        
       | dreamcompiler wrote:
       | A contactor that overheats is a contactor that's too small for
       | the job. This sounds like a failure of basic engineering,
       | probably because Ford wanted to save two dollars.
        
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