Ford drivers frustrated by the company's constant recalls in 2022

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'Why we have so many recalls?' Ford drivers frustrated by the company's constant recalls in 2022

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(WXYZ) — Ford Motor Company has been plagued with recalls and quality control issues in 2022.

John McElroy is the editorial director at Autoline and says it's impacting Ford's bottom line.

"It's costing the company billions of dollars," he said. "This is not a new problem by the way either. But this is also Ford's greatest opportunity. They can fix these problems. They will fix these problems."

Nearly 100,000 2022 Maverick pickup trucks have been recalled due to fire risks.

The 2022 F-150 lightning has over 2,000 recalls for the tire pressure monitoring system. And now the feds are probing over 25,000 2021 Ford Broncos because of catastrophic engine failure that can cause the SUV to lose power at highway speeds. At the time, no recall has been issued for the SUV.

Anna Chrenenko drives a 2021 Ford Escape, but with less than 2,000 miles on it, she already had two recalls—her brakes and an engine oil leak.

Each fix took a month to get parts.

"I would like to know why we have so many recalls," Chrenenko said. 'Why would there be faulty brake pads on a car with under 2 thousand miles? Why would it be put on a car like this?"

From an outsider's perspective, McElroy says it looks like an organizational problem.

"It is a systemic problem. Yeah, they have problems with suppliers or problems at the plants, but everybody has that," McElroy said.

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