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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ford says in documents filed with U.S. safety regulators that fuel injectors can crack, and gasoline or vapor can accumulate near ignition sources, possibly touching off fires.

Dealers will install a tube to let gasoline flow away from hot surfaces to the ground below the vehicle

Wtf? Ford is essentially saying "fuck these cars" here.

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

They cannot engineer a stop to the cracking and the leak, only replace the injectors all with new parts, which would cause a backorder millions deep. So the shitty company is saying "the shitty car leaks fuel and we can't fix it so we made a funnel for gas so you can't notice if it happens. Also it may be more fire resistant? Good luck!"