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Ford Recalls Nearly 185K F-150s

Ford announced it’s recalling almost 185,000 F-150 full-size pickups. The 2021 and 2022 model-year trucks are experiencing driveshaft problems that could cause it to fracture.

All-new F-150
Ford is recalling nearly 185,000 F-150 pickups from the 2021 and 2022 model years.

The issue only affects certain F-150 Crew Cab 4×4 pickups, according to the filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The company’s began examining the issue since July.

The truck’s underbody thermal/acoustic insulators can loosen over time. If they come in contact with the truck’s aluminum driveshaft, they can cause scoring or marks. If this goes on long enough, the heat generated each time can eventually crack the driveshaft.

Potential results if the issue is not repaired

“A fractured driveshaft may result in loss of motive power,” the report states, “unintended vehicle movement while the vehicle is in park if the parking brake is not applied, and may result in secondary damage to surrounding components.”

Additionally, once fractured, the driveshaft could break loose and touch the ground, causing the driver to lose control of the pickup, potentially resulting in a crash. The company is unaware of any accidents or injuries caused by the problem.

2021 Ford F-150 - at work site

Some Ford F-150 pickups are facing issues with the aluminum driveshaft on the truck.

Owners are advised to look for a “loose underbody insulator.” They should also listen for a rattling, clicking or clunking noise due to the loose insulator coming in contact with the driveshaft. The scoring or marking on the driveshaft described earlier may also be visible.

Next steps

Ford’s taken steps to resolve the problem during production by swapping the underbody thermal acoustic insulator for an under-carpet thermal patch at the two plants — Dearborn (MI) Truck and Kansas City (KS) Assembly — already.

Dealers received the notice Tuesday, and owners will begin receiving notices in the mail shortly. They will be instructed to make an appointment with their dealer to have “positive attachment features adde to the underbody insulators.”

They’ll also inspect the driveshaft for scoring or marks that may have already occurred. This will be done at no expense to the truck owner.

As of Dec. 7, Ford received 27 reports of fractured aluminum driveshafts possibly related to sagging underbody insulators on the F-150s, the automaker said in an Automotive News report.

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NHTSA Opens Investigation into Tesla Gaming Software

Patton plays games driving Model 3
Journalist Vince Patton demonstrates its possible to play video games while driving his Tesla Model 3.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) it is investigating 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 that allow those seated up front to play games on the infotainment touchscreen while the vehicle is in motion.

The investigation stems from a complaint filed with agency earlier this month by Vince Patton, a retired journalist from Portland, Oregon.

The formal safety investigation, which was announced Wednesday, covers 2017-2022 Tesla Model 3, S, X, and Y vehicles. NHTSA opened the investigation “based on reports that Tesla gameplay functionality, which is visible on the front center touchscreen from the driver’s seat, is enabled even when the vehicle is being driven.”

Tesla made the software more dangerous

The 2021 Tesla Model S gets an all-new interior, a yoke-style steering wheel and the updated software being investigated by NHTSA.

The feature, known as “Passenger Play,” increases the risk of a crash. Since December 2020, the feature can be used while driving. Prior to that, it could only be used when the vehicle was in Park. The agency said that it is evaluating aspects of the feature, including how frequently it’s used and when.

NHTSA is concerned about distracted driving, an increasing risk as automakers bring increased online connectivity to infotainment touchscreens. Distracted driving caused 3,142 deaths in 2019, all of them preventable. 

While Passenger Play does have a warning stating the game is meant solely for passengers. Although it asks for confirmation that the player is a passenger and not the driver, there is nothing preventing the driver from playing while driving.

Other Tesla safety issues

Consumer Reports criticized the performance of Tesla’s latest version of Autopilot.

It’s not NHTSA’s only Tesla safety investigation, nor Tesla’s only safety issue.

In August, the agency opened a formal safety investigation of 765,000 Teslas equipped with its Autopilot driver-assistance system after 11 crashes involving parked emergency vehicles killed one person and injured 17. The inquiry covers 2014-2021 Models S, X, Y and 3. 

In October, Tesla had to roll back full self-driving, or FSD, with Musk revealing that the company is “seeing some issues with 10.3, so rolling back to 10.2 temporarily.” 

And in November, Tesla issued a recall for 11,704 vehicles sold in the U.S. since 2017. The recall covers Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles and came about as a result of an over-the-air firmware update of the automaker’s “Full Self-Driving Beta,” its advanced driver assistance system.

The company identified a software communication error that could cause the forward-collision warning or automatic emergency brake system to falsely activate, possibly leading to a rear-end collision.

Other OEM infotainment issues

2022 Mercedes EQS 580 4Matic black daytime

The new Mercedes-Benz EQS was recalled after it was found that its MBUX system allowed television and internet to be displayed while driving

Other automakers are far more concerned over distracted driving than Tesla. On November 29, Mercedes-Benz recalled 227 vehicles in the U.S. after the company discovered that its MBUX infotainment system allowed television and internet to be displayed while driving.

The recall affected 2021 Mercedes-Benz S580, 2022 EQS450, EQS580, and S500 models. Mercedes-Benz has already corrected the problem, and no deaths or injuries seem to have resulted from the problem.

Musk pays billions to satisfy tax bill

In other Tesla news, Reuters is reporting that Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold 10% of his own company stock, 13.5 million shares, 8.06 million of which were sold to pay taxes. The billionaire said he is paying more than $11 billion in taxes this year. 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed California over its tax policy.

“California used to be the land of opportunity and now it is … becoming more so the land of sort of overregulation, overlitigation, overtaxation,” Musk told Reuters, adding his combined federal and state tax rate tops 50 percent.

The tax bill may explain why Musk recently relocated Tesla’s headquarters to Austin, Texas from Palo Alto, California.

But taxes aren’t Musk’s only concern.

The company has submitted all the documentation required to get its factory approved near Berlin, Germany. Approval of Tesla’s newest manufacturing facility has been delayed by environmental concerns and red tape due to Tesla’s decision to add a battery factory to the site. That has delayed the approval process. It remains unclear when the new plant is expected to open.

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Rare Rides: A 1988 Nissan Van, Not Yet on Fire

Today’s Rare Ride represents Nissan’s first attempt at a family van for the North American market. But Nissan would prefer you forget the Van entirely, given how things went after its introduction.

1989 Nissan Van.

The vehicle known as Van in the North American market was sold as Vanette elsewhere. Introduced in 1979 as the Nissan Datsun Vannette or on occasion Datsun C20, the first-gen van’s production ran from late 1978 to 1988. Concurrently, Nissan introduced a second Vanette in 1985 which remained in Japanese production through 1994 and extended its life in the Philippines through 2001, and Malaysia through 2010. Good grief!

The mid-engine rear-drive layout was how Japan made its vans at that time and was never entirely popular in the North American market which preferred its engines at the front. In 1986 Nissan brought the Vanette to North America, called it Van, and pitched it against the Toyota Van and the Mitsubishi Van/Wagon. All three imports vied for customers from the minivan of choice, the Chrysler minivan.

Engines for Vanette around the globe ranged from a microscopic 1.2-liter inline-four through a 2.0-liter gasoline or diesel engine. But that wouldn’t do for the wide-open American roadways and its drivers’ desire for more powah. Americans also expected air conditioning (sapping even more power), in contrast to Vanette buyers elsewhere. So Nissan made a small edit for its Van: the 2.4-liter Z24i engine from the Nissan Hardbody and early Pathfinders. That inline-four was sandwiched under the front seats, in an engine bay that was a bit too small for 2.4 liters.

The Van was marketed as a cheaper alternative to the Chrysler minivan, but most buyers shopped elsewhere anyway. The Van was imported only through the 1989 model year before it was killed by slow sales. And recalls, multiple recalls! That large engine and small space combo didn’t work out so well, and the Van would often overheat and potentially burst into flame. The problem was made worse by sales concentrated in three hot places: Texas, Florida, and California.

By 1994, Nissan had issued four recalls to try and fix the overheating, to little success. There was also a class action lawsuit pending at the time, and Nissan threw up their hands. In an unprecedented buyback recall action, Van owners were offered at least Kelly Blue Book value to bring their overheating minivan to their local dealer. This offer was acceptable to most owners, who turned in their Van so it could be crushed. Before the buyback was completed in 1994, more than 135 Van fires were documented. None resulted in death or injury, to the chagrin of US lawyers. The class action was settled too, and its members were offered discounts on a new Nissan, like the Quest!

Today’s Van was owned by some dedicated soul who risked life and limb for boxy burgundy in high-spec GXE form. The two-tone Van has accumulated 127,000 miles since 1988 and looks in superb condition. It’s yours for $8,900 and is likely the only option for the dedicated Nissan Van Enthusiast out there.

[Images: Nissan]

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Get the Latest News on the Go with TheDetroitBureau’s Headlight News Podcast

TheDetroitBureau.com is all over the big news within the auto industry in our latest podcast, Headlight News. The weekly roundup includes news, features, reviews and more. 

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New vehicle sales are expected to fall by double-digits due to the impact of the semiconductor shortage.

The Aug. 30 episode features a recap of stories by TheDetroitBureau’s Publisher Paul A. Eisenstein. August sales are expected to be down by double-digits — but not for a lack of buyers. The ongoing chip shortage is reducing dealer inventories — and their sales. Other stories in the podcast include:

  • The resurgence of the COVID virus is forcing automakers to rethink their plans for bringing workers back into their facilities, after already reinstating mask mandates. 
  • AAA estimates Americans will spend nearly $10K to own and operate their vehicles: a new record. 
  • Ford plans to double its production output of the F-150 Lightning due to the popularity of the new electric pickup.
  • As driving fatalities continue to rise, GM is experimenting with new technology that would allow vehicle owners to start their cars unless they were buckled in. Part of the reason for the rise in traffic deaths is a decline in seat belt usage.

Executive editor Joe Szczesny follows with our top story: GM’s two recalls of all of its Chevy Bolt EVs due to defect with the battery than can cause them to catch on fire. The recall will cost the company about $1.8 billion.

2022 Ford F-150 Lightning solo

Ford plans to double its initial production output of the Lightning after receiving an overwhelming number of reservations.

Contributing Editor Larry Printz reviews the 2022 Volkswagen Taos. The new crossover is now the least expensive hatchback one can find in VW’s line-up. It’s a solid performer that fits in with it larger siblings.

Looking at the week ahead, Managing Editor Michael Strong notes J.D. Power will unveil the results of its annual Initial Quality Study. Dodge tied Kia for the top spot last year in a surprise. Additionally, Cadillac plans to offer a closer look at its new Lyriq EV slated to arrive early next year. Subaru will show off the next model to get its Wilderness package. Finally, automakers will put hard numbers to what’s expected to be a hard month when they report sales late in the week. 

Larry returns to bring automotive history to life, including actress and race car driver Anita King sets out to drive across the country — in 1915. She becomes the first woman to do so. In 1922, Chitty Bang Bang, a 23-liter Mercedes, debuts in England. The car inspires Ian Fleming to write Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which is later made into a beloved children’s movie. Malcolm Bricklin makes another splash in the American car market in 1985 bringing the Yugo — then the cheapest new car available — to the U.S. After some early buzz, the car’s poor build quality and a 0-60 time best recorded with a sun dial dooms it to failure.

Check out TheDetroitBureau’s latest edition of the Headlight News podcast by clicking here. And look for a new episode every Monday! 

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GM’s Troubles with Bolt EV Grow as it Recalls 73K More Vehicles

General Motors’ problems with the Chevrolet Bolt EV keep expanding, the company announcing late Friday it’s including an additional 73,000 vehicles in the recall. 

2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV
GM added another 73,000 Chevy Bolt EVs to the recall list with the older models.

The new models include the 2019 cars not included in the first action as well as all of the 2020-2022 EVs. A defect in the battery can cause the vehicles to catch fire. The company already recalled more than 69,000 2017-2019 models for the problem — at a cost of about $800 million to replace the batteries.

Now, the additional 70K-plus electric vehicles basically account for all of the Bolts produced. The company said add $1 billion to the earlier total, bringing the overall cost to fix the problem to just about $1.8 billion.

“In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles may have two manufacturing defects — a torn anode tab and folded separator — present in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire,” the company said in a statement released Friday. 

“Out of an abundance of caution, GM will replace defective battery modules in Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs with new modules, with an expected additional cost of approximately $1 billion.”

2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV

The 2022 Chevrolet Bolt is now part of the ongoing recall of the company’s electric vehicles.

Trying to resolve the problem

The company attempted to resolve the issue with the initial recall, believing a software tweak could settle it. However, two more vehicles caught fire — one after getting the update — forcing GM to issue a recall again to replace the batteries in the initial pool of affected vehicles.

As owners waited, it asked them to park their vehicles away from outside of their garages or other buildings after charging. It also recommended the vehicles not be charged past 90% capacity — all to no avail.

Apparently, after further investigation, the company discovered the issue affected newer models outside of the original pool of 2017-2019 model-year vehicles. 

GM confirmed to CNBC there has been one fire in the new population of recalled vehicles. Including the previous confirmed fires from in the first round of recalled vehicles, a total of 10 of the EVs have caught fire.

charred Chevy Bolt in garage

One of the two recent Bolt fires included a vehicle that completed the software update.

The company continues to ask affected Bolt EV owners to set their vehicles to a 90% state of charge limitation using Hilltop Reserve mode (for 2017-2018 model years) or Target Charge Level (for 2019 model year) mode.

Earlier plan fails to solve the problem

GM said earlier the high-voltage batteries being recalled were produced in South Korean battery manufacturer LG Chem’s facility in Ochang, South Korea. 

The company disclosed July 23, along with LG Chem, it identified the presence of two manufacturing defects in the same battery cell as the root cause of battery fires in certain Bolt EVs. GM described the defects as “rare” by GM. 

LG Energy Solutions, a wholly owned LG Chem battery subsidiary, said in a statement to Reuters it “will actively cooperate to ensure that the recall measures are carried out smoothly.” 

Last month, GM disclosed it was taking an $800 million charge to cover the cost of the recall of the battery electric vehicles.

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New Recalls, Class Action Lawsuit, Add to Tesla Quality Woes, Raise New Questions About Long-Term

Tesla continues to be plagued by quality issues across all four of its vehicles.

Nearly 10,000 Tesla Model X and Model Y SUVs are being recalled for a series of safety-related defects underscoring the automaker’s ongoing problems with quality and reliability.

Tesla has faced an array of issues affecting its four product lines, ranging from defective paint to faulty suspension systems and failing touchscreens used to control vehicle operations. Federal safety regulators recently launched a probe into one of the problems, while Consumer Reports and J.D. Power have slammed Tesla for having some of the worst quality and reliability in the industry. The automaker was also hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging a quality cover-up on Friday.

Those problems have largely been ignored by Wall Street, however, Tesla’s market capitalization now topping $525 billion, or about the same as Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, Honda and Daimler combined.

(Mazda tops annual Consumer Reports reliability study, Tesla slammed.)

Tesla has been battling a problem with its touchscreens going blank, making it impossible access many functions.

For the moment, at least, Tesla owners have been reasonably forgiving, said Stephanie Brinley, principal auto analyst with IHS Markit, reflecting an early adopter mindset. But, longer term, Brinley said “Tesla is at risk.” The company “needs to get quality and recalls under control.”

Tesla has faced problems with quality from Day One. While Consumer Reports initially called the automaker’s first volume product, the Model S, the best vehicle it ever tested it quickly withdrew its coveted “Recommended Buy” endorsement due to serious quality issues.

In the annual Consumer Reports Automotive Reliability Study released last week, Tesla ranked second to last among 26 brands. Some of the problems were high-tech, such as faltering touchscreens, but others were much more basic, such as ill-fitting body panels, paint defects and seats not properly attached.

“A focus on the basics would help them a lot,” said the influential magazine’s auto testing chief Jake Fisher. Tesla continues to struggle with problems, he said, that “other automakers worked out 50 years ago.”

Tesla’s problems with fit-and-finish have been so common, and occasionally so severe that one new owner last month had the roof of his new Model Y fly off as he drove home from the showroom last month.

The Model X and its gull-wing doors have been one of the bigger quality problems plaguing the ute.

Each of the automaker’s four product lines appear to have its own unique – and ongoing – issues. With the Model X, for example, that includes “Falcon Wing” doors that can’t close properly. The Model Y has similar problems with its hatchback, according to Fisher, along with rear seats that have been improperly mounted.

Some issues stretch across the entire Tesla line-up, notably problems with paint and body trim. And then there are the faulty touchscreens.

Earlier this year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began probing reports that the automaker’s touchscreens, especially those on older Model S sedans and Model X SUVs, would suddenly start to malfunction and even “brick,’ or go completely dead, unexpectedly. The issue appears to be related to a faulty eMMC, or embedded Multi-Media Memory Card. Though the issue has been widely reported on Tesla owner forums, the company only acknowledged it publicly this month, announcing plans to make free repairs.

“This malfunction may result in a blank or intermittently blank touchscreen but will not impact the ability to drive your car,” the automaker said in a note to impacted owners.

(NHTSA expands probe into Tesla touchscreen issue.)

But the statement isn’t entirely accurate, according to Fisher. While the vehicles won’t shut down, he explained during an online meeting with the Automotive Press Association, a driver won’t be able to operate many vehicle functions, since the screen replaces most traditional buttons and knobs. And motorists won’t be able to see how fast they are going or even be sure what gear they are in.

There are reports of problems with the lift gate on the Model Y.

Tesla’s latest safety recalls are relatively minor in terms of the numbers. NHTSA today said the larger one covers 9,136 Model X SUVs from the 2016 model-year. They have roof trim that may not have been properly adhered and which could fly off while being driven, striking other vehicles or pedestrians.

The second recall covers just 401 of the new Model Y SUVs. Bolts connecting the front upper control arm and steering knuckle may not have been properly assembled. They could detach and cause a loss of control.

Separately, a new class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in California last Friday claims Tesla has covered up suspension issues on older Models S and X vehicles. “Tesla is gambling with the lives and safety of hundreds of thousands of additional drivers and passengers whose vehicles suspension parts [are] at an imminent risk of failure,” the lawsuit stated, adding that the automaker has recalled most of those models sold in China for the same defect.

Time and again, Tesla has been hammered for quality and reliability problems. The automaker has limited access to the data normally used by J.D. Power to assess out-of-the-factory problems. Until this year, the research firm left Tesla out of its widely followed Initial Quality Study. This year, however, it decided to use what information it could track down and, though the results were marked with an asterisk, it came in dead last – and by a wide margin, according to Power’s auto research chief Dave Sargent.

Complicating matters, Tesla operates in a hodgepodge of states and vehicles often have to be trucked long distances in order to undergo repairs. Tesla forums are filled with reports of lengthy waits for parts and service.

Tesla is by no means the only automaker with quality problems. Ford’s Lincoln division fared even worse in this year’s Consumer Reports Auto Reliability Study, and research chief Fisher noted there were problems plaguing several other battery-car models. But while “there are a couple of EVs that gave us pause, there were many other very good models.”

Tesla’s production problems have been well documented. One observer suggested the company would be well served to focus on the basics.

Until recently, Tesla had the market pretty much all to itself, at least in terms of long-range battery-electric vehicles. But there’s a tsunami of new models coming from manufacturers as diverse as Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen, General Motors, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

In China, the Wuling Mini, produced by a GM joint venture, recently displaced Tesla as the country’s best-selling EV. The California company has also been losing ground in several key European markets, though it remains, by a wide margin, the best-selling EV brand in North America.

(Tesla Model Y hammered by quality issues.)

“Consumers are often forgiving” when they have to get repairs, “as long as they feel they’re taken care of,” said analyst Brinley. That’s especially true, she added, for early adopters, many Tesla owners feeling an almost cult-like devotion to the brand. But with more competition coming, and with no sign Tesla has yet begun to get its quality and reliability issues under control, she and other analysts warn that could pose problems going forward.

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