In November Ford Motor Company announced the recall of 7,300 2013-2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrids. They need to reprogram the powertrain control module so that the car won’t roll after being shifted out of park.
It’s possible that the cars may not meet federal safety standards requiring that the brake is depressed in order to shift the transmission out of park.
According to Ford Motor Company, “The vehicles may have been built with transmission range sensors that do not function properly due to a manufacturing error. As a result of this error, the powertrain control module may incorrectly assume the vehicle is in neutral and allow the transmission to shift out of park without the brake pedal applied, increasing the risk of unintended vehicle movement due to an inadvertent shift out of park.”
These particular Lincoln MKZ Hybrid vehicles were built from April 26, 2012 to September 24, 2013 at Hermosillo plant. 170 of the recalled vehicles are in Canada and 7,100 are in the United States. Fortunately, Ford states that there have been no crashes or injuries do to this issue.
