Ford announced on Saturday a “safety compliance recall” of about 52,608 F-250 gasoline-powered pickups in the US and Canada, including some 4,143 in the latter.
The automobile manufacturer said the recall stemmed from “unintended vehicle movement while in park.” It advised customers to use the parking brake at all times when shifting their vehicle into park to keep the vehicle stationary.
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Affected vehicles include certain 2017 Ford F-250 gasoline-powered 6.2-liter vehicles built at its Kentucky Assembly Plant from October 9, 2015 to March 30, 2017.
“In the affected vehicles, a damaged park rod actuating plate might not achieve mechanical park within the automatic transmission after the driver moves the shift lever to park,” Ford said.
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“If the parking brake is not applied, this could result in unintended vehicle movement with the gear selector in park without warning, increasing the risk of injury or crash.”
This is not the first recall for Ford this year. In January, it announced a recall of models that had been fitted with faulty airbags by Takata.
In total, the automaker looked to recall about three million cars worldwide that had been fitted with malfunctioning airbag inflators. Most of those vehicles are in the United States and Canada.
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