Ford Recalls More Than 300000 Vehicles Built at Talbotville Plant

Ford Motor Company has announced a recall for Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis sedans made between 2003 and 2005 to fix a potentially unsafe issue with their headlights.

Ford says a headlight can fail because of solder joints that can crack on the lighting control module and kill the power to the headlight. The automaker says this little electrical quirk has caused 11 known accidents and one minor injury.

The safety recall affects 312,814 vehicles including certain 2003-2005 Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis vehicles built at St. Thomas Assembly Plant from October 3, 2001 through August 2, 2005. Over 1,170 of the vehicles are in the USA and about 100 are located in Canada.

In each case, parts will be replaced by Ford dealers at no cost to the vehicle owner.

In the USA 296,004 cars will be recalled, along with 14,714 in Canada and 2,096 in Mexico. An internal investigation revealed that the air brake jounce hoses could make contact with the rear axle housing when the vehicle is operated.

Rear axle shafts, which could fracture and cause a loss of power while driving or unintended movement while in park, will be replaced on about 1,300 Ford Transit dual-rear-wheel vehicles from model year 2015. The affected dual-rear-wheel full-size vans were built between May 1, 2015 and June 26, 2015, at the Kansas City Assembly Plant.

Finally 3,200 2015 Ford F-150 SuperCrew are also recalled in order to replace their front safety belt retractor and pretensioner assembly, which may not properly restrain a person during a crash. About 167 of the vehicles are in the US, and 10 are in Canada.

Ford said it isn’t aware of any accidents or injuries related to the defect.