Almost 1.3 million Ford F-150 trucks are investigated in the United States due to the transformation of unexpected hardware

The National Road Traffic Safety Administration is achieving approximately 1.3 million Ford F-150 Pickup trucks in the United States due to reports of unexpected gears accompanied by temporary rear wheels.

NHTSA said on Monday that it opens a preliminary rating in some of the Beck F-150 from 2015 to 2017 after years of receiving complaints of 138 consumers.

The complaints claimed unexpected transition down the gears while traveling at highway speeds without warning or entering the driver, followed by the car slowing quickly.

A Ford spokesman said on Monday that the auto company “is working with NHTSA to support the investigation” and said it relates to six -speed vehicles.

Ford did not make any comment on the CBC News request about the effect of consumers in Canada, and Transport Canada was not immediately available to respond.

NHTSA opens a preliminary rating in the case and then you must decide whether an investigation into an engineering analysis will be updated before seeking a summons.

“The truck turned automatically from the sixth gear to almost the first gear via the windshield.”

Many owners reported a long wait for spare parts.

Some complaints said that the rear wheels of the car will temporarily close, take or ski, lead to a loss of control. This could lead to an increased risk of crashing. The agency said that no accidents or fires were reported.

The latest in a series of investigations

This is the latest in a series of NHTSA investigations in F-150 Downloading Downloading.

In June, Ford 668,000 F-150 trucks recalled reports of unexpected withdrawals at the first gear, causing driver control loss or lock rear wheels.

This was the last Ford summoning on this topic since 2016, and it came after NHTSA opened in March 2023 an investigation on whether model trucks for 2014 for this case were needed.

In 2016, Ford summoned 153,000 Ford F-150 vehicles, equipped with six-speed automatic transmission to handle the bottom issue.

NHTSA opened an investigation into the case in December 2017, and in 2019, Ford expanded its summons to cover 1.48 million F-150 trucks in North America, including 2013 Tarz. Ford later recalled 107,000 F-150 vehicles due to a problem with repair.

In November, Ford agreed to a US civil penalty worth $ 165 million after NHTSA found that the auto manufacturer failed to call vehicles with defective rear vision cameras in a timely manner.