US expands, upgrades probe into 708,000 Ford SUVs over engine failures
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2023-10-02 19:57
WASHINGTON The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it is upgrading and expanding its investigation into

WASHINGTON The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it is upgrading and expanding its investigation into 708,000 Ford Motor sport utility vehicles over catastrophic engine failures tied to a faulty valve.

The agency says under normal driving conditions vehicles without warning may experience a loss of power due to catastrophic engine failure related to a potentially faulty valve in 2.7 L and 3.0 L EcoBoost engines.

The agency opened a preliminary evaluation in July 2022 into 25,000 vehicles and is now upgrading the probe to an engineering analysis, a required step before it could seek a recall.

(Reporting by David Shepardson, editing by Ed Osmond)

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