Ford recalls 18 F-150 Lightnings over battery short circuit that caused fire

Update: Official recall documents are now posted on the NHTSA website. Within the recall documents, a few extra details about the fire are revealed. Ford says that "due to production process deviations at the supplier, the cathode aluminum tabs may contact the anode electrode material causing an internal short circuit when the high-voltage battery cells are at a high state of charge." 

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Ford says it’s recalling 18 F-150 Lightning pickup trucks “due to a battery cell manufacturing defect.” All 18 of the affected trucks will be getting new battery packs as the fix, Ford told Autoblog.

This recall is related to and stems from an F-150 Lightning battery catching fire during a quality check at Ford’s facilities on February 4 this year. After the fire, Ford put out a stop-build and stop-ship order for the Lightning while it investigated the issue. On March 2, Ford announced the end of its investigation and provided the date of March 13 as the restart of production.