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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Ford Maverick Recalled For A Ridiculous Reason
Read the full story on The Auto Wire It's another week and the Blue Oval has yet another safety recall, this one for the Ford Maverick compact truck. The issue that's been announced via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is small and ridiculous, but owners will still have to take their pickup to a dealership for the again, even though the recall has been issued, Ford doesn't exactly have a fix for the problem. We've seen this with the Blue Oval and other automakers lately, but they eventually come up with some sort of solution. Although sometimes Ford has to then issue a recall to fix recall work done before – that's another issue entirely. For this recall, it applies only to 2025 Ford Mavericks, with 63,898 of them affected. For some reason, only on that model year are the retaining clips for the airbag indicator light having problems. They 'may be loose or dislodged' says NHTSA, which then means you wouldn't know if the airbag in your cute little truck is deactivated. That's a safety risk because you don't know the safety device isn't armed and ready to explode in your face during a crash. It's also a violation of federal regulations, so it has to be fixed. We wonder how many 2025 Maverick owners will just skip this recall until they inevitably have to take their vehicle in for another safety recall. Don't act like that isn't coming, because it definitely is. Plus, we don't know when Ford will have a repair for this airbag indicator light's clips. It might be in a few weeks or maybe a few months, but hopefully not that long. Likely, a lot of people won't see this recall as something so urgent. After all, it's not like your vehicle driving forward when they're supposedly in reverse gear. Image via Ford Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Ford Really Did Store Mavericks Underground
Read the full story on Backfire News People are marveling at a photo that keeps making the rounds, showing brand new Ford Maverick cars sitting in what appears to be a cave. While some think the photo is fake or was just some staged scene for a magazine shoot, the reality is Ford really did store brand new Mavericks underground in caves back in the caves were created by limestone mining operations from the 1940s. They delved deep and far, about 150 feet below the ground, hollowing out large expanses in the process. The result was a system of structurally sound, moisture-free caves sitting under Kansas City. Decades later, someone realized the potential for storage, calling the old limestone mine caves SubTropolis and renting space to businesses. Ford realized the utility of renting some of the space and was soon stashing car components down there. It then started storing finished vehicles in the space, and that's how someone took a photo of all those classic Ford Mavericks stashed down there. Today, SubTropolis is part of what's called Automotive Alley in Kansas City. On the surface is Hunt Midwest Business Center, but 150 feet down are the caves. Situated just minutes away from the Ford and GM assembly plants in the city, it's still utilized as a storage facility for new vehicles after they come off the assembly line. In fact, Ford F-150 and Transit upfit shops have set up right there out of sheer convenience. It makes sense when you learn over 785,000 square feet of SubTroplis is currently leased by automotive companies. SubTropolis not only has modern lighting, HVAC, plumbing, even fiber internet, the floors are concrete and everything seems not very cave-like, save the walls and ceilings. Ford still uses the space as storage, as do a number of other businesses. Since the caves are out of sight, most people in Kansas City have no idea they exist. Images via Hunt Midwest
