Ford Expedition Recall 2026: 548,463 SUVs Recalled Over a Hazard Hiding in Plain Sight

Kampani ya Ford Motor Company yakumbukiranso za ma Expedition SUV opitilira theka la miliyoni atazindikira kuti kachidutswa kakang’ono kokongoletsa pakatikati pagalimotoyo chitha kuwonongeka m’njira yomwe imasinthira kukhudza kwatsiku ndi tsiku kukhala ngozi yodula kwenikweni. Kukumbukira kumakhudza zaka zachitsanzo za 548,463 2018 kudzera m’magalimoto a 2024 Expedition omwe adamangidwa pakati pa Marichi 14, 2017 ndi Disembala 3, 2024 – ndipo adalumikizidwa kale ndi kuvulala kotsimikizika kwa 65 ndi ngozi imodzi.

Chilemacho ndi chachilendo chifukwa sichiphatikiza kulephera kwa makina kapena zamagetsi. Zimaphatikizapo kachidutswa kakang’ono kokongoletsa ka chrome komwe kamakhala m’malo omwe amakhudzidwa kwambiri mkati mwagalimoto – ndipo kwakhala kuvulaza mwakachetechete madalaivala ndi okwera kwa zaka zambiri zisanachitike.

Zomwe Ndi Zolakwika Ndi Expedition’s Center Console

Nkhaniyi ikuyang’ana pa chrome-plated trim yomwe imakongoletsa chipinda chapakati cha Expedition – mtundu wa pulasitiki ndi zitsulo zodzikongoletsera zomwe zimapezeka m’mamiliyoni amagalimoto padziko lonse lapansi. M’kupita kwa nthawi komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mobwerezabwereza, plating ya chrome iyi imatha kuphulika, chizindikiro chowoneka cha zokutira zomwe zikulekanitsidwa ndi gawo la pulasitiki pansi pake. Kusiyidwa, kuphulikako kumapitirira mpaka kusenda, pamene zitsulo zachitsulo zimang’ambika ndikuchoka pazitsulo zonse.

Chomwe chimapangitsa kuti chilemacho chikhale chowopsa ndizomwe zimachitika chifukwa chakusekulako: mbali zowonekera, zokhala ndi lumo ndendende pomwe dalaivala kapena wokwera kutsogolo amatha kupumitsa dzanja kapena burashi polimbana ndi kontrakitala panthawi yomwe galimoto ikuyenda bwino. Malinga ndi kunena kwa National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “wogula angakhudzidwe ndi nsonga yakuthwa ya chromium pamene akuyendetsa galimoto, kuonjezera ngozi ya kuvulala.”

Ford yatsimikizira kuti zomwe zimayambitsa zimachokera kuzinthu zopanga zinthu pamlingo wagawo. Chotsitsa cha chrome chidapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito magawo omwe sanakwaniritse zomwe kampaniyo idafuna, kulephera komwe kudachokera kwa ogulitsa zida Forvia ndi Xin Point. NHTSA ikuyerekeza kuti pafupifupi 12.8% ya magalimoto 548,463 omwe akumbukiridwa akuyembekezeka kuwonetsa vutolo – kutanthauza kuti kukumbukira kumapereka ukonde waukulu kuti agwire galimoto iliyonse yomwe ingakhudzidwe, ngakhale kulephera kwa anthuwo ndikotsika kwambiri kuposa 100%.

Kodi Zovulalazo Ndi Zoipa Motani?

Ford yanenanso kuvulala kwa 65 komwe kumalumikizidwa ndi vuto la chrome trim, kuyambira mabala ang’onoang’ono mpaka kuvulala kwakukulu komwe kungafune chithandizo chamankhwala. Kampaniyo yatsimikiziranso ngozi imodzi yokhudzana ndi nkhaniyi.

Njira yomwe idakopa chidwi chambiri idachokera ku nkhokwe ya mafunso a NHTSA Owner Questionnaire – njira yomwe ogula amatha kufotokozera mwachindunji zachitetezo kwa oyang’anira boma. Pamafunso asanu ndi limodzi oyambilira a eni ake omwe adafunsidwa ndi Ford pakufufuza kwawo koyambirira, asanu adaphatikizapo zonena za kuvulala m’manja chifukwa chokhudzana ndi mbali zakuthwa za chrome.

Pamene kufufuza kukukulirakulira, kuchuluka kwa milandu yotsimikizika komanso yotheka kunakula kwambiri. Pofika nthawi yobwezedwa, Ford inali italowetsa madandaulo 34 ku call center yamakasitomala, malipoti okwana 150, ndi mawaranti 4,634 padziko lonse lapansi olumikizidwa ndi vutolo, kuyambira pa Meyi 29, 2018 mpaka Juni 2, 2026. Palibe moto womwe wanenedwapo pankhaniyi.

Kukumbukira Zomwe Sizinachitike

Chimodzi mwazinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zomwe zidatuluka m’makalata okumbukira ndi chakuti kuwunika kwa chitetezo chamkati cha Ford poyambirira kunatsimikizira kuti kukumbukira sikunali koyenera.

Ford idayamba kuyang’ana zavuto la chrome mu Seputembala 2025, motsogozedwa ndi mawonekedwe omwe adadziwika mu nkhokwe ya madandaulo a eni ake a NHTSA makamaka okhudza magalimoto a Expedition a 2019 ndi 2020. Gulu la Ford’s Critical Concern Review Group – bungwe lamkati lomwe limayang’anira zolakwika zomwe zingachitike – lidachita kafukufuku wake woyamba ndipo lidazindikira kuti omwe adakwera galimotoyo amawona kuti matendawa ndi osavuta, komanso kuti kuzindikira kumeneku kumachepetsa chiopsezo cha kuvulala koopsa chifukwa madalaivala ndi okwera amatha kuzindikira ndikupewa kudulidwa kowonongeka asanadulidwe kwambiri.

Mawu omaliza amenewo sanakwaniritsidwe. Panthawi ina pakati pa Okutobala 2025 ndi June 2026, gulu lomwelo la kafukufuku wamkati lidawunikidwanso kuopsa kwa kuvulala komwe kungachitike chifukwa cha vutolo, ndikukulitsa kuwunika kwake kwa kuvulala komwe kunanenedwa, malipoti akumunda, ndi zonena za chitsimikizo pakuchitapo kanthu. Kuwunikanso pamapeto pake kunapereka lingaliro losiyana: kuti chiwopsezo chovulala chinali chofunikira kuti chitsimikizire kukumbukira kwathunthu chitetezo.

Kutsatira uku – kutsimikiza kwamkati koyambilira motsutsana ndi kukumbukira, kutsatiridwa ndi kubweza pambuyo pakuwunikiridwa kowonjezereka – ndi mwatsatanetsatane wofunikira kumvetsetsa kwa aliyense amene akutsatira nkhani yokulirapo ya malamulo oyendetsera chitetezo pamagalimoto. Ikuwonetsa momwe “chilemachi chimawonekera, kotero ogula amangochipewa” lingaliro loti opanga ma automaker nthawi zina amagwiritsa ntchito zodzikongoletsera amatha kuwonongeka pakangopezeka zambiri zovulaza zenizeni padziko lapansi. Mphepete yakuthwa yomwe imawonekera mwaukadaulo sikutanthauza kuthwa konseko komwe kumapewedwa pakati pagalimoto wamba, makamaka chifukwa cha kukumbukira kwa minofu komwe madalaivala amapumira manja awo.

Kukonzekera: Zomwe Ford Idzachitira Eni Okhudzidwa

Zomwe Ford adafotokoza ndizolunjika, ngakhale kutulutsa kudzachitika pang’onopang’ono.

Ogulitsa aziyang’ana pakatikati pagalimoto iliyonse yomwe yakhudzidwa ndikusintha ngati chotchingira cha chrome chikuwonetsa kuphulika kapena kusenda. Kuyang’anira ndi kusintha kulikonse kofunikira kudzachitidwa popanda malipiro kwa eni ake.

Ndondomeko ya zidziwitso ikuyendetsedwa m’magawo awiri. Makalata osakhalitsa – kudziwitsa eni ake kuti galimoto yawo ndi gawo la kukumbukira ndi kufotokoza momwe ngozi yachitetezo – ikuyenera kuyamba kutumiza pa June 29, 2026. Makalata anthawi yochepawa amathandiza eni ake kuti adziwe za nkhaniyi ngakhale kuti chithandizo chazigawo zokhazikika sichinakonzekere kufalitsa.

Kuzungulira kwachiwiri kwa makalata, kutsimikizira kuti chithandizocho chilipo ndikupereka malangizo okonzekera ntchito, chikuyembekezeka kutsatiridwa pamene zigawo zowonjezera zakonzeka – zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa pa Januwale 2027. Mndandanda wanthawi yayitaliwu umatanthauza kuti eni ake omwe amalandira kalata yachidule ya June adzafunika kudikirira miyezi ingapo asanabweretse galimoto yawo kuti ikonzedwe kokhazikika, ngakhale kuti Ford yasonyeza kuti ogulitsa akhoza kuyendera panthawiyi.

Kodi Ford Expedition Yanga Yakhudzidwa? Momwe Mungayang’anire

Ngati muli ndi Ford Expedition kuyambira zaka zachitsanzo 2018 mpaka 2024, nayi momwe mungadziwire ngati galimoto yanu yeniyeni ikuphatikizidwa mu kukumbukira uku.

Yang’anani Nambala Yanu Yozindikiritsa Galimoto (VIN). Galimoto iliyonse yomwe yakumbukiridwa imasakidwa payekhapayekha kudzera mu chida cha NHTSA choyang’ana VIN pa nhtsa.gov. VIN yanu ya manambala 17 ingapezeke pa kulembetsa galimoto yanu, khadi la inshuwalansi, kapena pa mbale yachitsulo yowonekera pawindo lakutsogolo pa dashboard ya dalaivala. Kulowetsa VIN yanu mukusaka kwa kukumbukira kwa NHTSA kudzatsimikizira ngati galimoto yanu ndi gawo la kampeni yokumbukirayi.

Gwiritsani ntchito chowunikira chokumbukira cha Ford. Ford imakhala ndi chida chodzipatulira chokumbukira kukumbukira patsamba lake lamakampani pomwe eni ake amatha kulowa VIN yawo ndikulandila chitsimikiziro cha kukumbukira kulikonse, kuphatikiza ichi.

Yang’anani kalata yanu yodziwitsa kwakanthawi. Ngati galimoto yanu ikukhudzidwa, muyenera kuyembekezera kulandira kalata yachidziwitso ya Ford kuyambira pa June 29, 2026. Kalatayi sidzaphatikizapo malangizo a ndandanda ya kukonzanso kosatha, koma idzatsimikizira kuphatikizidwa kwa galimoto yanu mu kukumbukira ndi kupereka chitsogozo cha zomwe muyenera kuchita panthawiyi.

Lumikizanani ndi Ford mwachindunji. Eni omwe ali ndi mafunso amatha kufikira makasitomala a Ford pa 866-436-7332. Nambala yokumbukira mkati ya Ford pa kampeniyi ndi Nambala ya Kampeni ya NHTSA 26V368000.

Yang’anani mowoneka bwino pakati pa console yanu. Pomwe chiwongolero chovomerezeka cha Ford chimayang’ana pakuwunika kovomerezeka ndikusinthanso, eni ake amathanso kuyang’ana mawonekedwe awo apakati kuti adziwe zizindikiro zoyambira. Mukawona chrome ikuyamba kukweza, kuwira, kapena kuwonetsa zolakwika, ndi bwino kuti mukonzekere kuyang’anira wogulitsa bwino m’malo modikirira kubwereza kwachiwiri kwa zilembo, makamaka ngati ana ang’onoang’ono amalowa m’dera lakutsogolo.

Kumbukirani izi mu Context: Chaka Chophwanya Mbiri ya Ford

Kukumbukira kwa Expedition chrome trim kulibe padera. Uku ndiye kulowa kwaposachedwa mu zomwe zasintha kwambiri kukumbukira kwa Ford Motor Company.

Ford idakhazikitsa mbiri yamakampani mu 2025 ndi zokumbukira 153 zomwe zidatenga pafupifupi magalimoto 13 miliyoni – kupitilira mbiri yakale yomwe General Motors adachita. Liwiro limenelo silinachedwe mu 2026. Pofika pakati pa Meyi 2026, Ford yatulutsa kale makampeni 34 okumbukira omwe akukhudza magalimoto opitilira 9.8 miliyoni pachaka. Ford yapereka makumbukidwe ochulukirapo kuposa makina ena aliwonse ku United States chaka chilichonse kuyambira 2020.

Zokumbukira zina zazikulu za 2026 za Ford zikuphatikiza kampeni ya February yomwe idakhudza pafupifupi magalimoto 4.4 miliyoni – yomwe idaphatikizanso magawo 317,604 a Ford Expedition pazovuta zina – komanso kukumbukira kwa Epulo komwe kumakhudza pafupifupi magalimoto onyamula 1.39 miliyoni a F-150 kutsatira kafukufuku waboma pakutsitsa zida mosayembekezereka. Payokha, Ford yakumbukiranso magalimoto ena a 2021-2026 F-150, F-250 kudzera pa F-550 Super Duty, Maverick, Ranger, F-600 Super Duty, Lincoln Navigator, Expedition, ndi E-Transit magalimoto panjira yolumikizirana yama trailer yomwe ingayambitse kutayika kwa brake ndi kuyatsa kuyatsa.

Njira yokumbukira iyi imabwera panthawi yovuta pakuchita bizinesi ya Ford. Zogulitsa zamakampani ku US zidatsika pafupifupi 9% mgawo loyamba la 2026, zotsatira za theka loyamba zidatsika kwambiri. Ngakhale kukumbukira sikumangokhala chizindikiro chakutsika kwa magalimoto – m’malo mwake, nthawi zambiri kumawonetsa kuwunika kwakanthawi kogulitsa komanso kutsika kwapang’onopang’ono kuti achitepo kanthu – kuchuluka kwamakampeni kwakhala nkhani yobwerezabwereza pofotokoza momwe kampani ikuyendera.

Chifukwa Chake Kukumbukira Uku Kufunika Kupitilira Ulendowu

Kuwonongeka kwa chrome kukuwonetsa gulu lachiwopsezo chachitetezo chamagalimoto chomwe chimalandira chidwi pang’ono pagulu potengera kulephera kwamakina kapena mapulogalamu: zida zodzikongoletsera zamkati zomwe zimawonongeka pakapita nthawi kukhala zoopsa zenizeni.

Mapulasitiki opangidwa ndi Chrome amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pamakampani onse amagalimoto – osati ndi Ford okha, komanso osati pa Expedition. Kupanga kumaphatikizapo kupaka zitsulo zopyapyala zachitsulo pagawo la pulasitiki, njira yomwe imadalira zomatira zolondola kuti zitsimikizire kuti zokutira zimakhalabe zomangika pazaka zambiri za kusinthasintha kwa kutentha, kuwonekera kwa UV, komanso kukhudza thupi. Njira yomangirayo ikagwera kunja kwatsatanetsatane – monga Ford adavomereza kuti zimachitika ndi zinthu zomwe zimapangidwa ndi ogulitsa pankhaniyi – njira yolepherera sikungokongoletsa chabe. Zimakhala zenizeni, ngati poyamba siziyamikiridwa, chiopsezo chovulala.

Kwa ogula, phunziro lalikulu ndikutenga mozama ngakhale zizindikiro zing’onozing’ono zamavalidwe amkati – utoto wonyezimira, zotchingira zokweza, kapena zida zapulasitiki zonyozeka – makamaka m’malo olumikizana kwambiri ndi kanyumba kagalimoto. Zomwe zimawoneka ngati zodzikongoletsera, nthawi zina, zimatha kukhala chenjezo loyambirira la vuto lenileni lachitetezo.

Kumbukirani Chidule Chachidule

Nkhaniyi idachokera pa zolembedwa zokumbukira zomwe zidaperekedwa ku National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mpaka June 2026. Eni ake omwe akhudzidwa akuyenera kutsimikizira momwe galimoto yawo idabwezeredwera mwachindunji kudzera pa chida choyang’ana VIN cha NHTSA pa nhtsa.gov kapena kulumikizana ndi kasitomala wa Ford.