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Donald Trump's travel ban is more 'sad news' for immigrants in Michigan
President Donald Trump's travel ban that restricts people from 19 nations is being criticized by immigrant advocates and two Congresswomen from Michigan. The ban, which goes into effect Monday, June 9, is aimed at several countries, most of them in the Arab world and Africa. "It's very unfortunate, sad news," Abdulhakem Alsadah, president of the Dearborn-based National Association of Yemeni Americans, Behavioral Health & Community Social Services, told the Free Press Thursday, June 5, the day after Trump signed the executive order banning entry. Alsadah said he wasn't surprised, that he "knew it was coming" based on Trump's earlier statements he would issue another travel ban like he did during his first term. But "it's still a headache" for many in Michigan, he said. Trump's ban, announced late Wednesday, June 4, prohibits people from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also partially restricts and limits the entry of people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. Yemeni Americans — who are the largest Middle Eastern group in Detroit, Melvindale, Coldwater and Hamtramck, census data shows — already face challenges because of the war in Yemen that led to the shut down of all U.S. embassies and consulates. Trump's travel ban "will only add to this misery," Alsadah said. Metro Detroit, which has the highest percentage of Arab Americans among regions in the U.S., became an epicenter for challenges to Trump's first travel ban, often referred to as the Muslim travel ban since most of the nations were Muslim-majority nations. Nabih Ayad, a Detroit attorney, filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit in January 2017, shortly after Trump's first ban, on behalf of Muslims unable to travel to the U.S. to be with family members. There were several rallies held by Muslims and progressive groups in Michigan, including one at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus. A federal court ruled in their favor the following month and they got a federal injunction blocking the ban, which was later rescinded by then President Joe Biden in January 2021 shortly after he took office. "I think its sends the wrong message, that America is not open to democracy and freedom," Ayad, the founder and board chairman of the Dearborn-based Arab American Civil Rights League, said of Trump's latest travel ban. It also violates the constitution and will impact families in metro Detroit, he said. More: Border Patrol arrested a Detroit student on a field trip. He now faces deportation. In making his announcement of the travel ban, Trump started his remarks by talking about the firebomb attack in Boulder on June 1 that injured fifteen people taking part in a rally for Israeli hostages. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, is an immigrant from Egypt who overstayed his visa; he was charged June 5 with 118 criminal counts. "The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado has underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas," Trump said from the White House. "We don't want them. In the 21st century, we've seen one terror attack after another carried out by foreign visa overstayers from dangerous places all over the world. ... In my first term, my powerful travel restrictions were one of our most successful policies, and they were a key part of preventing major foreign terror attacks on American soil. We will not let what happened in Europe happen to America." But critics said Trump's reasoning has more to do with which countries the U.S. favors in its foreign policy rather than protecting Americans. Ayad noted that the man who carried out the June 1 attack in Boulder was from Egypt, which is not included in the travel ban. "It has nothing to do with national security," Ayad said. U.S. Rep. Rashida Talib, D-Detroit, said the travel ban is rooted in racism. 'It should come as no surprise that Trump's racist travel ban overwhelmingly targets Black and brown people from countries in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean," Tlaib said in a statement. "These policies are rooted in white nationalism and will only increase hate, xenophobia, and Islamophobia in our country." More: Taylor Police Department is first agency in metro Detroit to sign agreement with ICE Tlaib described Trump as 'the white-supremacist-in-chief" who "has once again issued an unconstitutional travel ban" around the time that Muslims are celebrating a major holiday on Friday, June 6. "This comes as Muslims in our communities and around the world prepare to celebrate Eid al-Adha," the Detroit Congresswoman said. "It is a shameful expansion of his hateful Muslim and African ban from his first term." U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, who used to live in Dearborn, also released a statement, saying "Trump's renewed travel ban will not make us safer, it will create more division. It's based on bigotry and xenophobia, just like the last one. U.S. policy should not be guided by hatred. This travel ban should not stand, and we must fight against it." Under Trump's latest travel ban, there are exceptions to the restrictions. People who are still allowed from the 19 nations include: permanent residents of the U.S. known as green card holders, some immediate family members of U.S. citizens, "ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran," Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war with the Taliban, and athletes participating in the "World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event as determined by the Secretary of State," the order reads. The latest order is more detailed in its rules, which is helpful, but the problem in many cases is implementation, advocates said. Individual officials may not understand the details of the ban and apply a broad brush. Some officials "are not well trained, especially overseas at embassies in specific countries," Alsadah said. "So it's going to be hard for everybody." Christine Sauvé, the head of community engagement and communication for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, agreed with Tlaib that the ban is discriminatory. "The ban again targets Black, brown, and Muslim people who have recently fled places experiencing insecurity and strife," she said. "Many Michiganders have ties to the affected countries and it will sadly affect thousands of innocent people who are trying to reunite with loved ones, travel for college studies, or visit family for the holidays." Sauvé said the ban is the latest move by the Trump administration that cracks down on immigrants in Michigan and other states that is hurting communities and affecting local economies. USA TODAY contributed to this report. Contact Niraj Warikoo: nwarikoo@ X @nwarikoo or Facebook @nwarikoo This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Donald Trump's travel ban to impact immigrants in Michigan
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Opponents of Marshall, Michigan battery plant seize on Bill Ford's warning
LANSING — Opponents of Ford Motor's Co. under-construction $2.5 billion, 1,700-job electric vehicle battery plant 100 miles West of Detroit in Marshall, Mich. welcomed Bill Ford's warning that it is at risk if federal production tax credits go away, saying residents never wanted the factory. Marshall Township Treasurer Glenn Kowalske and grassroots activist Julie Ann Bryant, critics of the project that was announced in 2023, were given the floor on June 4 to voice their concerns to the Republican-led Michigan House Oversight Committee's corporate subsidies and state investments subcommittee, which is scrutinizing economic development deals. Ford's BlueOval Battery Park Michigan was thrust back into the spotlight last week when Bill Ford, the Dearborn-based automaker's executive chairman, said if Congress makes the plant ineligible for a key manufacturing subsidy due to its ties to China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), it would 'imperil what we do in Marshall.' The project also is being supported with state and local tax incentives and state infrastructure grants. 'I'm encouraged that the project could be stopped,' said Kowalske, who won election in November. 'It's going to sound funny because it's 60 percent complete, right? However, I think right from the beginning … the community really didn't want this facility. It didn't want this industrial development. We still don't want it.' Future Product Find our what powertrains, redesigns and freshenings are planned for the next four years. View the list Brand future product timelines The Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite tried to challenge the development with a referendum but lost in trial and appellate courts, which ruled the matter could not go to voters because Marshall included an appropriation in an ordinance rezoning the land. Its appeal is pending before the Michigan Supreme Court. 'It certainly is frustrating that so much time, energy and resources (have) been spent using taxpayer dollars to destroy a community like yours for a project that may not even come to fruition.' the subcommittee chair, Rep. Steve Carra, R-Three Rivers, told Kowalske. 'But I'm encouraged that there's a chance that it may not come to fruition. I appreciate the hard work that you and everybody else has put into shedding light on what's going on in your community there.' The hearing was one-sided in favor of the factory's opponents. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. will testify in support of the project and answer legislators' questions at a second hearing next week, Carra said. He publicly called on James Durian, CEO of the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance, to be there, too, alleging that Durian had been unresponsive to requests to testify. In a letter to Carra and other subcommittee members released later on June 4, Durian said he will not attend the meeting. He highlighted the plant's benefits, saying more than 1,500 construction workers are at the site daily and it will eventually have 1,700 long-term, high-paid workers. Sign up for the quarterly Automotive News U.S. Sales report to get data and news sent to your inbox as soon as it's compiled. 'It's important this project stays on track so we can continue to experience the economic boost already being felt as our small businesses, shops and restaurants see an uptick in foot traffic,' he wrote. 'This kind of economic growth is hugely important for our region, which has seen population decline and job losses over the past 20 years. Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan is helping us reverse that trend.' MAEDA noted that more than 100 Marshall-area business owners, school leaders, elected officials and other community stakeholders sent a letter to Michigan's congressional delegation last week backing the plant and urging the tax credit's preservation. A House-passed tax plan would end the credit and restrict the use of Chinese components and technology. The bill is now in the Senate. 'The economic impact of this investment on this region cannot be overstated,' the letter stated. MEDC spokesperson Otie McKinley said the agency 'continues to support Ford and their investment plans that will help Michigan secure our position as the global leader in mobility and highly advanced manufacturing.' In the hearing, however, critics told lawmakers their voices were ignored, blaming many factors including that key state and local elected officials signed non-disclosure agreements preventing them from gauging the community's interest in such a project. 'There are so many reasons that the residents didn't want this factory in our small town of 7,000 people,' said Bryant, who administers the Stop the CPP Ford Marshall Megasite group on Facebook. 'This is a national security issue. This is a corporate welfare issue. This is a huge environmental issue.' Rep. Dylan Wegela, D-Garden City, expressed concern that a 'dark money'-backed advertising campaign — one that the Detroit Free Press has tied to Democrats and allies of Whitmer — made it harder to fight the plan. Carra, like Wegela, opposes economic development subsidies for businesses generally — though other legislators in both parties have backed them over time. Carra said the federal government should 'look very closely' at the BlueOval Battery Park and Gotion Inc.'s $2.4 billion EV battery plant near Big Rapids and see that 'communities don't want these things.' Ford's comments, he said, 'are indicative that this is abundantly dependent on taxpayers' dollars, that people are not buying this product (EVs) near at the demand that is being supplied by government. Continuing to shed light on this is I think of importance.' Ford told reporters after a panel discussion at the Mackinac Policy Conference that it is fine for politicians to agree or disagree on things like production tax credits. 'But don't change the rules once you've already made the investment, because that to me is just a question of fairness, and that's unfair,' he said. Have an opinion about this story? Tell us about it and we may publish it in print. Click here to submit a letter to the editor.
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From sourcing rare earth minerals to internal changes, 5 takeaways from chat with Ford CFO
Ford Motor Co.'s chief financial officer outlined how tariffs and supply chain disruptions are expected to impact Ford's vehicle production and its costs during a wide-reaching interview with a Wall Street analyst June 4. Ford CFO Sherry House said the Dearborn-based carmaker will provide more details on the economic impact from President Donald Trump's tariffs and other policy changes in its second-quarter earnings next month. But she cautioned there are still many unknowns being sorted out, all of which could make Ford's upcoming financials "a bit lumpy," she said. "As we move into the next couple of weeks to prepare for the quarter, if we give guidance it will be in the caveats of what we can't define," House said. "If we don't, we're going to give you every piece of information that we feel we can to help you, other analysts and investors to understand the business as much as possible.' Here are the top takeaways from House's fireside chat with analyst Joe Spak at the UBS Auto and Auto Tech Conference in New York on June 4: House said Ford has seen some backlogs to getting rare earth minerals into the supply chain, so Spak asked how that could impact vehicle production. 'There are many components that rare earth minerals are in and many of those that are coming from China require you to now go through export controls, so there's an additional layer of administrative process that has to happen," House said. She said sometimes the components pass through smoothly, other times there are holdups and that's when Ford has to take action to mitigate any disruptions. "You have to look for alternative parts or alternative ways to get things," House said. "Frequently, it goes through, it just may take more time. So then you might be facing expedited shipment costs that you weren't anticipating and it just puts stress on a system that's highly organized with parts being ordered many weeks in advance." She said Ford has been managing the issue so far, but warned, "I don't know if at some point this is going to be a larger issue for us?" As for Trump's latest tariff: a boost in steel and aluminum to 50%, House said the impact on Ford should be minimal because Ford buys all its aluminum from domestic suppliers and it buys 80% of steel from U.S. sources. Ford will manage any price increases in steel through "contract pricing," meaning prices have already been set. "So when all of this hits, there is a delayed impact," she said. On April 29, Trump signed an executive order that set up a complicated system of federal reimbursements on certain imports of auto parts and components for the next two years used in vehicles made in the United States. The order gives Detroit's automakers some relief from what Trump earlier had ordered — 25% tariffs on all imported autos which began in April and another 25% on all imported auto parts set to begin by May 3. Spak asked House how Ford is getting the federal reimbursements for the parts that are compliant with the United States Mexico Canada Agreement as outlined in the order Trump signed at the end of April. She said a lot of that is still being defined. "I don't completely know," House said. "So you're paying the tariffs now. I think it's very possible that there will be a delay in getting those offset. I'm talking about the parts offset. It could be by a quarter, it could be by a couple of quarters. But all of you who are looking at our financials in Q2, Q3 and Q4, are going to have to know that it's going to be a bit lumpy. You might have more expense before you actually get the money reimbursed.' The good news for Ford is 80% of the parts used on its vehicles are USMCA-compliant and 80% of the vehicles it sells in the United States are built here. Still, the automaker warned during its first-quarter earnings report that tariffs will add $1.5 billion in net costs this year. For the 20% of suppliers who import parts, House said Ford is having conversations with them, seeking ways to help mitigate Ford's exposure to tariffs and lower those costs, while also meeting the business obligations of its suppliers. 'As we face the tariff situation, we face it together," House said of Ford's suppliers. "The types of conversations we are having are around: Do you have additional capacity in the U.S.? Could you move to the U.S.? What types of investments might help you get there?' But she explained that it is "a very complex and nuanced situation" with the supply base as to which suppliers to press for changes. Ford considers the kinds of quality, cost, technology and performance a supplier has provided in the past as to how it works with them around the tariffs, she said. 'But on an individual basis we're decided whether or not it makes sense to make some of these changes," House said. "I don't have anything to announce with you right now, but, of course, you would look at some of your higher priced components first, items that affect more vehicles, that would be the order of operations.' House did not address a May 25 report in the Wall Street Journal that cited sources as saying Ford would share production space in its battery plant in Kentucky with rival Nissan. The move signals Ford's retrenchment from electric vehicle investments and it helps the Japanese automaker reduce its exposure to tariffs on imported vehicles and parts. More: Analysts: Ford May sales surge indicates its made-in-America marketing is working, for now But House did say given the "very competitive global landscape" with companies having different needs and levels of technology, it makes sense to be thinking about partnerships so as to get more efficiency, especially if it is an area where Ford does not need to be No. 1. She said the automaker is "absolutely open" to doing more partnerships than the ones it currently has in place. House joined Ford about a year ago and became its CFO in recent months. When asked how she has seen the company change culturally, she listed a few ways: First, Ford has started to put more specialists in roles as opposed to putting a really great generalist in roles. For example, when it named Liz Door as its chief supply chain officer in 2023. House called her "an amazing supply chain leader at the forefront of that thinking." More: Ford executive says automaker has competitive edge against tariffs, will adjust operations House said she has challenged Ford to think about "not letting your governance define what the pace of the business is going to be." "What happens is big companies … you have weekly meetings on a topic, you have monthly meetings on topic, you have quarterly meetings on a topic. What happens when you set up your business that way is you are running to that governance structure and you're only doing the work to get ready for that weekly meeting or monthly meeting," House said. "But if you can step back and let the priorities define the pace versus the governance structure, the business define the pace, I think you can go a lot faster and you can make sure you're focused on the right things.' She said Ford also has looked to "break boundary constraints" in its strategy meetings. "If you're having meetings with just one function, a lot of times you can't break the boundary constraints because you don't have everybody in the room that can tell you can do something. So you feel like you can't," House said. "So having more cross functional meetings as well. These are all tactics that can make a difference." Jamie L. LaReau is the senior autos writer who covers Ford Motor Co. for the Detroit Free Press. Contact Jamie at jlareau@ Follow her on Twitter @jlareauan. To sign up for our autos newsletter. Become a subscriber. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Ford CFO outlines how company is working through supply, tariff issues Sign in to access your portfolio
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18-05-2025
- Automotive
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Why Trump's tweaks to tariffs continue to be a 'Twilight Zone' for Detroit's automakers
Why Trump's tweaks to tariffs continue to be a 'Twilight Zone' for Detroit's automakers Show Caption Hide Caption President Trump signs executive order to relieve some auto tariffs President Donald Trump signed an executive order to relax some auto tariffs, though the industry won't see a total exemption. Ford CEO Jim Farley states that President Trump's executive orders on auto tariffs offer some relief, but is insufficient to prevent vehicle price increases. The order provides a temporary reimbursement for tariffs on imported parts, but the offset is significantly less than the total tariff cost. Automakers express concern over the complexity and potential impact of the tariffs, with some suspending financial guidance. The morning after President Donald Trump signed an executive order offering automakers what he called "a little bit of help,' on tariffs, Ford CEO Jim Farley took to America's airwaves — speaking from Ford's factory floor in Louisville, Kentucky — to say the president's action clarified some issues around tariffs, but did not go nearly far enough to help automakers keep vehicle prices in check. "Boy, do we have a lot of work to do with the administration," Farley bluntly told CNN's Erin Burnett on April 30. Farley said the Dearborn-based automaker has a direct line to the White House and has "worked with (Trump's) team like every day for the last couple of months." Farley said Ford has teamed up with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Stellantis leadership in efforts to "figure it out together" on how to convey a key message to Trump: "Affordability of parts is a really big thing for America because we've got to keep the vehicles affordable. Yes, we want to make them like Ford does, in the U.S. But, we also want to make the vehicles affordable that are built in the U.S., and parts are critical for that.' Farley's comments underscored a certain caution the Detroit automakers assumed as they tried to make sense of Trump's changes to tariffs this week on imported parts and what it means for their bottom line. Industry insiders told the Detroit Free Press that many automakers and suppliers were struggling to understand the complex formula of Trump's executive orders. Trump's intention was to help automakers that assemble vehicles stateside but who use some imported parts to pay less in tariffs on those parts for two years. That reprieve is to give those automakers time to source the parts domestically. But experts who did the math in Trump's executive order said the offset is not much of a break. "At the end of the day, if a car was going to go up in price by $5,000 for the tariffs, it now goes up $4,500," Dan Ives, managing director at Wedbush Securities told the Free Press. Ives wrote in a research note earlier in the day of Trump's latest executive order: "This continues to be a Twilight Zone situation for the entire automaker industry, which continues to be paralyzed further (on) cost increases and uncertainties that will change the paradigm for the U.S. auto industry for years to come if this stays in effect." 'A bit of a relief, but won't cover ... costs' On April 3, Trump put a 25% tariff — the tax an importer pays on a good when it crosses international borders — on all imported vehicles. His objective was to encourage more U.S. manufacturing. Trump was set to then enact 25% tariffs on all imported parts starting May 3. But given that most vehicles assembled in the United States contain a lot of imported parts, the duties on those parts would run into thousands of dollars per vehicle. So on April 29, the administration modified its 25% tariffs on foreign auto parts. In a complex formula, the executive order Trump signed will now allow automakers to be reimbursed for those tariffs up to an amount equal to 3.75% of the value of a U.S.-made car for one year. The reimbursement drops to 2.5% of the car's value in a second year, and then is phased out. The administration said it calculated this reimbursement by applying 25% parts tariff to 15% of the value of a U.S.-assembled vehicle in the first year, equaling 3.75% of the car's value. In the second year, the offset is calculated by applying the 25% tariffs to 10% of the value of a U.S. assembled car, which is 2.5% of the car's value. "For most automakers, it will provide a bit of relief, but won't cover most of the costs," said Sam Abuelsamid, vice president of market research for Telemetry Insights. "For example, I recently drove a GMC Canyon, assembled in Missouri. It's only 49% US/Canada content. So let's assume 10% Canada, 39% U.S. Then, 25% Mexico and 26% rest of the world. So 61% of this U.S.-made truck is subject to tariffs of which 15% gets a temporary break. The 46% gets the 25%." Put another way: Ford assembles the F-150 at Dearborn Truck Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri. Abuelsamid said that based on the American University's 2024 Made in America Index, the F-150 has 49% non-U.S. content. So a 2025 F-150 XLT, Crew-Cab, 5.0-liter V8 (the V8 engine is made in Windsor), 4WD has sticker price of $56,665, but the dealer invoice is roughly $52,000, Abuelsamid said. So 49% of $52,000 is $25,480. A 25% tariff on that comes to: $6,370. The 3.75% kickback on the MSRP is $2,125. That makes the tariff for Ford about $4,245, he said. Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions noted that Trump's executive orders and a fact sheet put out by the White House seemed to contradict each other, an indication of the uncertainty that continues to reign over the industry, even for leading analysts such as Fiorani. But based on the executive orders' wording, Fiorani offered this example on a Ford Ranger midsize pickup, built at Michigan Assembly in Wayne. He said about 60% of its parts are imported. In that case, Ford is looking at a tariff bill on those imported parts of about $6,000, Fiorani said. The reimbursement would come to $1,500, putting Ford's net tariff cost at $4,500 for that one vehicle. Now multiply that by 14,913 — that's how many Rangers Ford sold in the states in the first quarter. Tariffs on those vehicles would cost Ford about $67 million in additional costs for one quarter alone. The Detroit 3 react The formula is complicated enough that automakers were still digesting it. During its first-quarter earnings call on April 30, Stellantis said it was suspending its financial guidance for 2025 in the face of 'tariff-related uncertainties.' Similarly, GM postponed its first-quarter earnings call from April 29 to May 1 to absorb the tariff adjustments. Farley suggested that Ford would be the company to provide Wall Street with some guidance when it reports its first quarter results on May 5 of next week. "I don't want to preview our earnings, but I will say some basic things," Farley said on CNN. "We know exactly what the tariff bill will look like in terms of costs for the company. We know the offsets. Next week, I think we'll be able to tell people kind of what the tariff bill for Ford would look like." He said Ford is the best positioned automaker to manage through tariffs because 80% of what it sells in the United States it also assembles here, topping GM and Stellantis, which import more of their vehicles. Farley on raising prices But to keep Ford's vehicles competitive and affordable compared with companies that import from Mexico, South Korea or Japan, Farley said, "we have to import certain parts." He noted that parts such as fasteners, washers, carpet and wiring looms are not available in the United States for purchase. "What we don't know is … what are the import competitors going to do? Are they going to build 10 factories? Are they going to take pricing and pass it on to the customer this summer?" Farley said. "The stuff we built now is (already) priced. If we announce a price increase now, it'll go into play in July or August. So we have to wait until then to see what our competitors do.' Asked whether Ford would not raise its prices to offset tariffs, Farley said, "I'm not saying that. I'm saying that I'm not going to be specific about our pricing." But he said Ford is extending its employee pricing for everyone sales event through July 4 rather than ending it on June 2 as was planned when the company announced it on April 3. "We want to keep our prices competitive and low," Farley said. "We sell some of the highest volume vehicles in America like the F-150, and we think this is an opportunity for Ford, having a different footprint. We have a different exposure to tariffs. That, to us, is an advantage.' Figuring out how to profits up, prices down But to Ives, the auto tariffs are bad news all around. He said that in their current form, the tariffs will add up to $100 billion of costs annually to the auto industry. Those costs will essentially get passed directly onto the consumer, raising the average price for a new car. Trump's recent adjustment is "breadcrumbs," Ives said, likely to still push up the cost of new vehicles by $5,000 to $10,000 each. A way to keep those costs down for car buyers is the "big decision and discussion," that Washington and automakers need to have, Farley told Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo on "Mornings with Maria" on April 30. "Look, you know, we only make 6% margin as a company, maybe 10 on a good day," Farley told Bartiromo. "The 15% of parts we import, a 25% burden on those could basically wipe out half our global profit. So, this is a very big decision by the Trump administration, by the auto companies, even the most American one," referring to Ford. More: Trump scales back tariffs on automakers, but analysts still expect car prices to rise More: Ford launches new Expedition SUV in Louisville with $500 million investment. Take a look Farley said there must be an understanding from Washington on finding the "right balance" between keeping cars affordable and demanding all parts be made in the United States. While that could be done, "it would increase the price a couple thousand dollars. So that's the debate, right there," Farley said. On CNN, Farley said that as a group, the Detroit automakers "recognize how important this moment is to get this all right and figure it out together. I have to say that the engagement has been very high. Bill Ford's talked to the president a couple times. I know that is typical. We're all trying to figure this out to do the right thing for the country and it's gonna take a little time." Jamie L. LaReau is the senior autos writer who covers Ford Motor Co. for the Detroit Free Press. Contact Jamie at jlareau@ Follow her on Twitter @jlareauan. To sign up for our autos newsletter. Become a subscriber.
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15-05-2025
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Ford Recalls 5 Different Models in 1 Day for 4 Separate Issues, Covering 285,000 Trucks & SUVs
Ford can't seem to stop issuing recalls, and May 9 was a particularly unlucky day for hundreds of thousands of Ford owners, as the Dearborn-based automaker issued four separate recalls for different issues. These recalls cover four models across the carmaker's pickup truck and SUV lineup, and are all focused on individual issues — but some of those issues are more serious than others. The largest recall of the bunch pertains to 273,789 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator units from the 2022–2024 model years. These burly SUVs are prone to a loss of brake function due to leaking brake fluid, Ford explained in a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Only 1% of the hundreds of thousands of units included in the recall are suspected to exhibit the issue, but those that do will likely experience longer than expected brake pedal travel or even a rapid loss of brake fluid. Naturally, this decreased braking ability increases the risk of a crash. Ford says that the front brake line may have been bent during the engine installation process, causing varying degrees of fluid leakage, and that customers may receive a red brake warning light indicator prior to experiencing increased pedal travel. Either way, Ford says there have been no injuries or accidents related to this issue, though 45 warranty reports have been received. The remedy to such a drastic problem is surprisingly easy, with a front brake line inspection and replacement provided at no charge. Next in line is Ford's bucking Bronco. A total of 2002 Bronco units from 2024 are being recalled over a minor issue with the child safety locks, according to filings with NHTSA. Ford says that the left side rear door may be opened from the inside even when the child safety lock is on, which obviously poses a problem for our notoriously curious toddler friends. The issue stems from a door flushness tolerance gap, which shifted the location of the left-hand rear door latch. Dealer technicians will first inspect the child safety locks and then potentially replace the rear door latch. Thankfully, Ford has not received any reports of injury from this problem. But that's not all for the Bronco. Both the Bronco and Ranger pickup trucks were included in another recall for loose or missing driver's seat bolts. Only 46 units are being recalled, but it remains a worthwhile recall because, well, keeping your driver's seat in place is essential in the event of a crash. Also, the lack of bolts violates a portion of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, which automatically prompts a recall. It shouldn't be hard to guess what the remedy for this issue is, either, as Ford says dealers will simply check for four bolts before tightening or adding bolts. Finally, a small crop of 2025 Ford F-150 pickup trucks was recalled for loose fasteners on the lower intermediate shaft. A total of 9181 pickups were included in the recall, which stemmed from a manufacturing error where the lower intermediate shaft wasn't properly torqued to the steering gear and could potentially allow the shaft to come loose or even detach. Ford says that F-150 owners may hear a rattling noise from the steering wheel and experience excessive steering play prior to the most serious consequences of detachment. Again, the remedy is relatively easy, as dealer technicians will inspect the intermediate shaft fasteners and then tighten or replace the appropriate fasteners for no charge. Save for the brake fluid issue, none of these recalls are too expansive, but they do represent a continuation of the consistent flow of recalls coming out of Dearborn. It seems Ford has honed its ability to limit the scope of these recalls thanks to production line monitoring systems, as exemplified by the 46-unit recall of Bronco and Ranger models — but the impact on customers remains no matter how small the group. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
