Greater than 18,000 examples of the 2022 Ford F-150 within the U.S. will have to be introduced again to dealerships as a result of the parking lamps could flicker and whereas it could sound like a small problem, it has prompted the carmaker to problem a recall via the NHTSA.

Federal Motor Car Security Requirements mandate that new automobiles should have steady-burning parking lamps. Nevertheless, some F-150 fashions have encountered compliance points with this regulation because of a software program downside with the LED Driver Module. This fault may end up in the parking lamps flickering when the motive force selects one of many following modes: ‘place lamp on,’ ‘headlamp on,’ or ‘automated,’ which prompts each the headlights and the parking lights.

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Ford has traced the difficulty again to the truth that the LED Driver Module at the moment operates at 200Hz, making the parking lamp prone to flickering due to the inadequate capacitance on the capacitor.

This isn’t the primary time Ford has issued a recall for this downside and among the 18,527 examples concerned on this recall have been topic to the earlier one however had an “incomplete treatment.” Impacted vehicles have been manufactured between March 11, 2022, and July 23, 2022.

Fortuitously for Ford, the issue might be simply fastened by flashing the LED Driver Module with new software program freed from cost. House owners of these 2022 F-150 fashions being recalled shall be alerted between January 14, 2024, and January 19, 2024.

This isn’t the one latest recall for the F-150. In July, the agency recalled 870,701 examples of the best-selling pickup truck as a result of a wiring problem might trigger the parking brake to activate whereas the truck is driving.

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