Libra1224 Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/06/autos/ford-push-button-ignition-recall/index.html Ford is recalling about 13,500 2015 Lincoln MKC because drivers are shutting the vehicle off by mistake. Drivers are mistakenly touching the crossover SUV's push-button ignition button while the car is driving, Ford found. The MKC has buttons to put the car in different gears, rather than a traditional gear shift. But drivers who are reaching for the "S" button to put the car in sport mode are sometimes hitting the adjacent start-stop button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Oy vey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Easy fix - already incorporated into existing models. You'd think they would have caught it in testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Doesn't the Ford/Lincoln keyless ignition have the same safeguard that had supposed runaway Toyota owners claiming the car wouldn't shut off? When in park or neutral, it only takes a press of the start/stop button. But when in gear you should have to push and hold the button for three seconds or more to make it shut off. That was implemented to avoid exactly this kind of issue but many Toyota owners didn't know so they kept stabbing at the button with no effect. Of course, shifting to neutral would have made the car slow down (so would pressing the brake instead of the accelerator) but hey, their Toyota owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOEHIO Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 I have a MKC while my '12 MKX is in for servicing (ABS problems). I can see how this can easily happen, will be interested to see what the resolution to the problem is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgenlxi Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 The full bulletin isn't out yet, all we got was the advance notice which is very vague and doesn't include the actual repair. I'm thinking they'll probably just replace the switch pack with the start/stop moved to the top like in other models 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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