The u.s. automaker has Wednesday called 1,48 million pickuptrucks type F-150 back in north America. It informs the company in a statement.
the Cause is a malfunction in the gearbox that can increase the risk of accidents.
Ford reports that there is talk on selected models from the years 2011 until 2013 with automatic transmission with six gears. The cars can find on the without notice to change down to first gear, which can lead to losing control of the vehicle.
Ford knows to five accidents that have occurred as a result of the error. Including a report of a person who has had whiplash.
It is not the first time that Ford has problems with the F-150 model.
Back in september of last year, recalled car giant about two million F-150-pickuptrucks. The reason at the time was fire. Later recalled Ford in december 874.000 pickuptrucks. Among them was also the F-150 model.
the F-150 model is a big pickuptruck. It is described by Ford as a car that is particularly good to transport things on the platform or to pull a trailer.
