It’s just over a year since Ford recalled 27,000 Kuga Hybrids. The ventilation from the battery could in some cases be faulty, so that the battery overheated and started to burn. The problems covered 27,000 cars that were built before 26 June 2020. Just under 600 of these were in Norway.
The problem now is that oil and petrol can collect under the cover that protects the engine. In special cases, this can ignite and start a fire in the engine compartment, according to a spokesman for Ford-Werke in Germany.
Fire hazard in the thousands
Around 3,000 cars in Norway
In total, Ford is recalling 106,849 Kuga with a 2.5 liter petrol engine with a regular hybrid or plug-in hybrid drivetrain. The cars were produced at the factory in Valencia in Spain between 2 August 2019 and 13 June 2022. In Norway, a total of 3,358 Kugas were sold in Norway during this period. 2,800 of these are hybrids or plug-in hybrids.
CALLED BACK: The Kuga is one of the most popular plug-in hybrids in Norway at the moment. It has got a good electric range and has low consumption in the cold, our winter test revealed. Now it has to go to a workshop to fix faults. Photo: Ford
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It is a spokesman for Ford-Werke in Germany who tells the German car website Kfz-rueckrufe that the problem that may arise is due to the construction of the cover that protects the motor and the active closing mechanism in the grill. This should normally help the car to have lower air resistance when there is no need for engine cooling.
Recalled
Have to drill holes
According to the spokesperson, the improvements will consist of drilling several holes in this protective cover, so that petrol and oil cannot accumulate here. In addition, the active shutter for the grill will be modified, so that there will be significantly better ventilation and a lower temperature in the engine compartment. In other words, there is no question of a fault in the engine or the drive itself.
