NHTSA is looking into the Ford Mustang Mach-E… again

• No new recall campaign has been announced.

• 2021 and 2022 model years (of the Mustang Mach-E) are affected by this electrical issue.

• More than 64,000 units are concerned by this trouble.

The U.S. federal agency NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has just announced that it will investigate a recall dating back to June 2022 by the American giant Ford. The recall campaign involved nearly 50,000 units of the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which were plagued by power loss problems.

The agency’s Office of Defects Investigation reportedly received a dozen complaints from American consumers, citing the return of problems (after the update performed by Ford) related to overheating of the high-voltage battery’s main contactors, which were at the root of the vehicle’s power loss problems or malfunctions.

The recall involved Mustang Mach-E models 2021 and 2022. The NHTSA agency launched the investigation to assess the measures taken by the Dearborn-based automaker to correct this teething problem with the electric crossover. The government agency estimates that 64,727 vehicles would be affected by this potential overheating problem.

Fortunately, at this time

, no injuries, fires, accidents, or fatalities have yet been reported.

The measures employed by Ford involved two over-the-air software updates, one to monitor the temperature of the contactor and reduce battery power if necessary to avoid damaging the contactor. The other over-the-air update was to monitor contactor resistance and reduce vehicle power to prevent further damage.

Finally, Ford issued a service bulletin to replace the high-voltage battery junction box on vehicles that had suffered power losses.

For the time being, no new recall had been issued by Transport Canada for the Mustang Mach-E.