- The recall will cover 2016 through 2019 model year vehicles
- Dealers will install push-pins and replace any damaged rail clips and roof rail covers, as necessary to fix roof rail covers that become loose
- Loose retention pins can lead to the roof rail cover to detach from the SUV’s roof and hit other vehicles on the road
- In April 2020, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requested Ford conduct a safety recall following 11 reports of roof rail cover detachment
Ford is recalling nearly 617,00 Explorer sport utility vehicles in the United States at the request of regulators because retention pins could loosen and allow roof rail covers to detach from the vehicle.
The recall covers 2016 through 2019 model year vehicles.
Dealers will install push-pins and replace any damaged rail clips and roof rail covers, as necessary.
The loose retention pins can lead to the roof rail cover to detach from the SUV’s roof and hit other vehicles on the road.
The roof rail defect may be caused by a lack of retention of the clips securing the roof rail covers, carcomplaints.com reported.
Last April the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requested Ford conduct a safety recall after first inquiring about the issue in early 2020 following 11 reports of roof rail cover detachment, Reuters reported.
In November 2020, Ford approved a onetime repair extended coverage action for 10 years or 150,000 miles to address the issue.
Ford monitored warranty claims and field reports and believed Explorer owners would do something about the problem before the roof rail covers detached, but federal safety regulators requested that Ford recall the Explorers, carcomplaints.com reported.
The Automaker company says the impact from the sun makes a difference because Explorers built with plated roof rail covers are not affected by the recall.
Based in Detroit, Ford Motor Co. is the second largest automaker in the United States.
Ford Explorer recall notification letters should be mailed by June 28, 2021 and Ford dealerships will install push-pins and replace any damaged roof rail clips and roof rail covers.
