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Ford Is Recalling More Than 100,000 Focus And EcoSport Models Over Oil Pressure Issues

2016 Ford Focus SE
2016 Ford Focus SE

If you own a Ford Focus or EcoSport from between model years 2016 and 2022, you may want to head to the dealership. Ford has issued a new recall over models equipped with the brand’s signature EcoBoost engine. The recall affects the 2016-2018 Ford Focus and the 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport equipped with the 1.0-liter EcoBoost inline-3 and 6F15 automatic transmission.

According to the release put out by the NHTSA, the problem is a defect with the tensioner arm for the oil pump drive belt:

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This comes nearly two years after Ford recalled more than 345,000 cars equipped with the 1.5-liter EcoBoost for a defect that caused at least 8 fires. Additionally, in October NHTSA expanded an existing probe into more than 700,000 EcoBoost-equipped Ford and Lincoln models over “catastrophic engine failure.”

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