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The Ford F-150 has gotten disconnected to a rocky commencement successful Australia, with the American pickup present being impacted by a 2nd stop-sale and lawsuit deliveries halted.
Shipments of the F-150 to dealers from RMA Automotive – which converts the pickup from left- to right-hand thrust successful Melbourne – were paused past week owed to an undisclosed fault.
While dealers could proceed to merchantability vehicles successful stock, today’s stop-sale has placed an contiguous intermission connected lawsuit deliveries of the Ford F-150, arsenic the pickup doesn’t comply with definite undisclosed Australian Design Rules (ADRs).
“Ford Australia has placed a impermanent clasp connected the merchantability and transportation of each re-manufactured F-150s, arsenic we person identified that specifications of definite lighting features bash not conform to Australian regulatory requirements,” a Ford Australia spokesperson told CarExpert.
“Affected vehicles cannot beryllium delivered to customers until due rectification enactment is complete.”
As partial compensation to Australian F-150 owners, Ford is offering complimentary servicing for the archetypal 5 years oregon 75,000km (whichever comes first) of ownership to those who had received oregon signed contracts for their pickups by May 6, 2024.
This replaces its existing four-year/60,000km work programme which saw each sojourn priced astatine $429.
It’s the 2nd lawsuit transportation intermission experienced by the F-150 since its section rollout began successful December 2023.
Sales and lawsuit deliveries were halted connected January 1, 2024 aft a turbocharger fault during the remanufacturing process was discovered, which could origin the pickup to spell into limp mode.
The pickup has besides been impacted by 3 recalls successful the past six months.
In January, the F-150 was deed with a recall for a steering fault, with owners told to halt driving instantly owed to a hazard of the steering rack separating from the intermediate shaft.
A second recall came successful the pursuing weeks, for a timepiece outpouring defect which could pb to the driver’s airbag not functioning successful a crash.
The 3rd and most caller recall was issued past month, this clip owed to the F-150’s broadside absorption indicator lamps being non-compliant with Australian Design Rules (ADRs).
Unlike its North American pickup rivals specified arsenic the Ram 1500 and Chevrolet Silverado, the F-150 is converted from left- to right-hand thrust by Ford’s Thai-based spouse RMA Automotive, not Walkinshaw Automotive Group.
Australian-delivered Ram 1500s person been converted to right-hand thrust by Walkinshaw – the erstwhile genitor of Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) – and its importer Ateco successful a task branded arsenic American Special Vehicles (ASV).
The Chevrolet Silverado was besides converted successful the aforesaid gathering arsenic the Ram 1500 for a period, nevertheless request for the second saw the erstwhile cognition moved to a smaller installation successful 2022.
Walkinshaw has besides been enlisted by Toyota for its conversions of the Tundra, with the pickup presently being leased to a constricted fig of customers to guarantee the 3rd party’s processes conscionable the car giant’s rigorous standards.
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