Ford Motor Company Diesel Trucks Under Investigation For Stalling

It was just last year when the U.S. auto industry recorded recalls of more than 63.5 million vehicles, surpassing the sixty million-mark for the first time in a single year. Many auto analysts thought what happened in 2014 would not repeat this year, but currently dark clouds of another expensive round of recalls loom over Ford Motor Company.

Ford could be hit with extended recalls of its heavy-duty diesel trucks soon, as the U.S. government is investigating a malfunctioning sensor that can stall the engine of the trucks. The findings of the investigation will decide whether the company would need to expand the safety recalls, which it first started in 2013, or whether the recalls already made are enough to ensure safety.

Ford’s diesel trucks like F-350, F-450, and F-550 come with an "Ambulance Package", and around 3,000 of these trucks sold during the model year 2011 and 2012 were subject to recalls. The 6.7-liter diesel engine installed in the vehicle would fail to restart or stall due to a malfunctioning sensor.

Responding to the issue, the company had repaired the malfunctioning sensors for free; however, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the complaints from truck owners have continued to come in, including from those who did not have ambulance packages in their trucks and even those who had their first repair done by the automaker.

If the U.S. government feels there is a need for extended recalls, then North America’s second-largest automaker will be required to recall around 200,000 heavy-weight diesel trucks sold three to four years ago.

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