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

Let's just throw it on the ground, definitely a better solution than making sure it won't leak

They’re not fixing the leaks, they’re making the car detect when it starts spraying gasoline inside the engine compartment so it will enter limp mode before a fire starts.

The driver can then push their disabled car to the side of the road, and assuming they weren’t killed in traffic, then Ford will replace the faulty injector.

"Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.

Woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?

Narrator: You wouldn't believe.

Woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?

Narrator: A major one."

You know what doesn't leak gas from fuel injectors onto hot engine surfaces?

EVs. Just saying.

And yes, I know, you'll show me videos of piece of shit Teslas catching fire, as if that makes such problems equal to something like this.

GDI engines that need to run the fuel to the injectors at over 2,000 psi is just stupid. Using that much pressure for such a marginal gain in efficiency from other engines that only need like 50 psi.

2,000 psi is like a guarantee that at some point in that vehicles life there's going to be fuel leaks and problems. Ever see a firetruck shooting that giant stream of water from the end of its ladder? That's only 80 psi.

ah yes. Ford and saving money and fires...

The article says that this is an extension of a recall from 2022 for the same problem, and that Ford says replacement parts are available, but its odd to me that they wouldn't just replace them. I guess we're still on risk calculation vs people freaking over a known reason that their car could catch on fire

Me (while reading about the "fix" in the article): That's just a Band-aid!

The article:

Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, called Ford’s remedy for the fuel leaks a “Band-aid type recall” and said the company is trying to avoid the cost of repairing the fuel injectors.

Me: That's what I just said!

This is why you don't buy Ford. Never buy a GM product, either.

"But remedy won't fix leaks."

That pretty much makes it not a fucking remedy!

Can we just recall all gas SUV's?

Ford Pinto!

Do not buy American cars.

I honestly don't know the reason, but they have made hot garbage for over 2 decades.

The interiors look like prison cells and the QA is nonexistent.

GM had a recall on their Epsilon extended platform that didn't fix the problem either. Wires would corrode due to no seals and proximity to HVAC. Safety systems would go off line, brake lights would get stuck on. A Colorado woman actually drove off a mountain because of this defect.

Still not fixed to this day, as the correct fix would involve replacing a computer module in millions of cars with one that has a weathertight interface. US automakers always get the laziest of passes.