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According to a notice issued by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration, Ford decided to recall a total of 44333 imported explorers it produced from November 22, 2012 to January 24, 2017 from August 1, 2019, due to product design defects.

With regard to the reasons for this recall, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration said that due to design reasons, when the rear suspension system continues to work under high load vibration and rebound conditions, the rear wheel front bundle connecting arm may reverse bend and cause fatigue fracture, resulting in reduced steering control ability of the vehicle, resulting in safety risks. Ford will replace the improved rear wheel front beam connecting arm and adjust the wheel alignment for vehicles within the recall range free of charge to eliminate safety concerns.

In fact, this is not the first time Ford has recalled its vehicles this year because of product quality problems. In March this year, Ford recalled some of its imports from August 9, 2010 to October 27, 2010 because the internal brushes of the engine's electronic throttle may accumulate pollutants and lead to increased resistance. make the car into failure mode and limit engine speed, in extreme cases the engine may stall, there is a safety hazard.

A month after the incident, Ford recalled some imported Lincoln Continental Series cars from June 24, 2016 to October 18, 2018 because the door lock motor of some vehicles may fail intermittently due to silicon pollution, causing the claw hook of the door lock to fail to lock in place, resulting in the possibility of automatic opening of the door during driving.

In May this year, Changan Ford due to the problem of the starting motor harness fixed card, when a frontal collision occurs, such as the engine cooling fan motor collapses backward and squeezes to the starting motor harness, the wiring harness may be damaged by the fixed card mounting stud. In extreme cases, it may cause short circuit and fire risk, and there is a safety risk. It recalls some of the Forrest cars it produced from September 1, 2018 to December 15, 2018.

So far, coupled with the recall, this is Ford's fourth recall this year. According to Ford's recent results for the second quarter of 2019, Ford sold only 154042 vehicles in China in the second quarter, down 21.7 per cent from a year earlier, while second-quarter net income fell 86 per cent from $1.066 billion to $148 million. Sales and revenue both fell sharply, coupled with a series of recalls, making Ford hit rock bottom in the Chinese auto market.

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