Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety recall for select 2019 Ford Ranger for Tail Lamp Function

[Jim Oaks]

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 25, 2019 – Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety recall for select 2019 Ford Ranger vehicles.

In affected vehicles, the inline electrical connector terminals for the tail lamps may be misaligned or not properly seated. Misaligned or improperly seated terminals can result in intermittent or inoperative tail lamps. Intermittent or inoperative tail lamps can result in loss of stop, turn, rear position, and reverse lamps, which can reduce the vehicle’s visibility and may not fully alert other drivers that the vehicle is braking, turning, or reversing, increasing the risk of a crash. The high-mounted center stop lamp is not affected.

Ford is not aware of any reports of accident or injury related to this condition.

This action affects 72,718 vehicles in the U.S. and federal territories and 5,546 in Canada.

Affected vehicles were built at Michigan Assembly Plant from June 4, 2018, to Aug. 16, 2019.

Dealers will inspect the underbody inline connector and, if a terminal is loose, it will be re-pinned into a replacement connector. The Ford reference number for this recall is 19S43.

 

[sgtsandman]

Beat you to it!

Safety Recall for 2019 Ford Ranger Tail Lamp Electrical Connector Terminals

Nov 21,2019 Manufacturer Recall Number 19S43 NHTSA Recall Number AWAITING# Recall Status Recall Incomplete, remedy not yet available Summary INLINE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR TERMINALS FOR THE TAIL LAMPS MAY BE MISALIGNED OR NOT PROPERLY SEATED. MISALIGNED OR IMPROPERLY SEATED TERMINALS CAN...

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[adsm08]

We have done about 10 of these recalls so far and only found one bad one.

 

[Dirtman]

Did you just have to push the connector together?

 

[sgtsandman]

It would be interesting to see what adsm08 has seen. From the description in the recall, it sounds like a connector or connectors might have not been assembled on the wiring correctly.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Beat you to it!

Safety Recall for 2019 Ford Ranger Tail Lamp Electrical Connector Terminals

Nov 21,2019 Manufacturer Recall Number 19S43 NHTSA Recall Number AWAITING# Recall Status Recall Incomplete, remedy not yet available Summary INLINE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR TERMINALS FOR THE TAIL LAMPS MAY BE MISALIGNED OR NOT PROPERLY SEATED. MISALIGNED OR IMPROPERLY SEATED TERMINALS CAN...

www.therangerstation.com

Sorry, and thanks!

 

[adsm08]

Did you just have to push the connector together?

No idea, I'm not the one doing them.

It would be interesting to see what adsm08 has seen. From the description in the recall, it sounds like a connector or connectors might have not been assembled on the wiring correctly.

I have seen a page of the recall instructions laying on the parts counter.

 

[romcjr]

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 25, 2019 – Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety recall for select 2019 Ford Ranger vehicles.

In affected vehicles, the inline electrical connector terminals for the tail lamps may be misaligned or not properly seated. Misaligned or improperly seated terminals can result in intermittent or inoperative tail lamps. Intermittent or inoperative tail lamps can result in loss of stop, turn, rear position, and reverse lamps, which can reduce the vehicle’s visibility and may not fully alert other drivers that the vehicle is braking, turning, or reversing, increasing the risk of a crash. The high-mounted center stop lamp is not affected.

Ford is not aware of any reports of accident or injury related to this condition.

This action affects 72,718 vehicles in the U.S. and federal territories and 5,546 in Canada.

Affected vehicles were built at Michigan Assembly Plant from June 4, 2018, to Aug. 16, 2019.

Dealers will inspect the underbody inline connector and, if a terminal is loose, it will be re-pinned into a replacement connector. The Ford reference number for this recall is 19S43.

This recall delayed our delivery by a day on wifey's new truck !!

 

[Dirtman]

It took an entire day to plug in a lightbulb!?

 

[adsm08]

This recall delayed our delivery by a day on wifey's new truck !!

Your punctuation makes it sound like you are upset the dealer caused you a minor inconvenience to make sure that a potentially major safety issue was resolved before allowing you to take possession of the vehicle.

 

[sgtsandman]

Further reading on another notice about the recall, it looks like when the connector was pinned, it may have not been done correctly. If there is a found fault, the dealer is directed to re-pin the connector.

 

[Dirtman]

Some robot didn't push the pins in until it heard the click... you have to listen for the click!!! Stupid robots.