[TusharK]

Ford has recalled the Freestyle, Figo and Aspire for a wiring harness issue. The carmaker will be inspecting the Battery Monitoring System (BMS) wiring harness installation on these cars.



According to Ford, all vehicles manufactured at Ford's Sanand plant between September 2017 and April 2019 are affected. That said, the carmaker hasn't provided the exact number of cars that have been recalled.



Ford has said that owners of affected vehicles will be informed and requested to get their cars inspected at the nearest Ford dealership.



Link to Team-BHP News

[NaXal]

According to Ford, the company is carrying out an inspection related to the Battery Monitoring System (BMS) wiring harness installation. Models including the FreeStyle, Figo and Aspire manufactured at the brand’s Sanand plant between September 2017 and April 2019 are affected under the recall.

Ford has revealed that individual customers owning the effected cars will be informed and requested to take their car to the authorised dealership.

Source - https://www.carwale.com/news/ford-fr...lled-in-india/

Story first broke by FZ Rider here at Aspire thread

Originally Posted by fz_rider

It is related to body control module reprogramming. It may be VIN specific.

Respective owners may get notifications from Ford or people can check with their respective service centre or search in Ford VIN database for recall information

https://www.india.ford.com/owner/field-service-actions/

Thanks.

[phynix123]

https://www.india.ford.com/owner/field-service-actions/

Link to check.
It appears that my April 2018 freestyle petrol titanium is also under recall. Although have not received any communication from ford yet.
As per reports from other owners, the recall seems to be a minor check where a electrical wire needs re-adjustment due to a metal part.

[su1978]

Called up the service center here in Delhi-Harpreet Ford-Okhla. They immediately gave an appointment of 21st July to bring the car. The issue is a very small one and nothing to worry about. Actually there is a wire which connect the BMS-Battery Monitoring system to the ECU. This wire is routed very close to the positive terminal of the battery. Ford suspects that due to the engine heat, there is a possibility that this may get melted and eventually will short circuit resulting in bigger consequence. The way out is very simple. They will apply insulating tape made of cloth over the wires and will re-route them over the battery plate. The wire length is hardly 10 centimeters. It is hardly a 5 minutes job. As per me, this is something that is not a threat at all. There is a tape over wire which already exists. My car was the first one which reported for this issue at the service center.

All said and done, i am very happy that a company like ford takes a note of such small issues. Previously also the company has taken care of issues such as fuel smell inside the cabin and rear parcel tray replacement free of cost. To compensate the inconvenience caused to the customers, they are offering free wash, interior cleaning, polishing the exteriors, air filter cleaning, coolant top-up etc. Am sure that no other company especially the market leaders would not care a bit about the customers. If i have offended any loyalists of the leaders, check out the standard warranty offered on their cars.