Fox News Digital Auto Editor Gary Gastelu test drives Ford’s F-150 Raptor R, the brand’s top-of-the-line sports platform.
Ford Motor Co. recalling over 1.5 vehicles to fix years of leaking brake hoses on several models as well as problems with broken windshield wiper arms on some convertibles.
Ford’s corporate logo will be seen at the Brussels Motor Show in Belgium on January 9, 2020. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/Reuters Photos)
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The automaker issued the recall in separate actions filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and mailed this week.
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The first notice concerns more than 1.2 million midsize cars with brake hoses that can break and leak brake fluid. The defective hoses were installed in 2013-2018 Ford Fusions and Lincoln MKZs.
2020 Ford Motor Co. Fusion vehicles are on display at a car dealership in Orland Park, Illinois on September 27, 2019. Fusions from 2013 to 2018 have been recalled due to leaking brake lines. (Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The company said it is aware of one crash caused by the problem, but there is no mention of personal injuries.
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Owners of affected vehicles will be mailed a notice to take their car to a Ford or Lincoln dealer to have the brake hoses replaced with stronger ones free of charge.
Ford Motor Co. F-150 pickup trucks for sale at a Ford Motor Co. dealership in Colma, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2021. More than 222,000 trucks from that model year are being recalled because of a potential windshield wiper failure. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The second recall affects more than 222,000 2021 F-150 trucks.
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The company found the windshield wiper arms on some models made in the same year can break, and says vehicle owners can take them to dealers to be inspected and, if necessary, replaced free of charge.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.