zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
Ford Recalls 340,000 Explorers Because People Keep Injuring Their Hands On Sharp Seat Frames
Ford Recalls 340,000 Explorers Because People Keep Injuring Their Hands On Sharp Seat Frames-September 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:55

The 2017 Ford Explorer.

Nearly 340,000 Ford Explorers from the 2017 model year will need a trip to the dealership soon, but not to be traded for new ones with and —unless that’s your thing. Instead, it’s for a new recall, because the SUVs have been rolling around for years now with sharp seat edges. Scary!

No, actually, it is kind of scary, because apparently people keep getting hand injuries on the seats.

Ford the recalls on Friday, saying certain 2017 Explorer models have an “improperly coined seat-frame edge.” The models that may be affected have power seats, and those sharp seat frames could take a stab at your hand when reaching between a power front seat and the center console. A lot of seat frames have done that, actually, with Ford saying that it’s “aware of 31 reports of hand injuries attributed to this condition.” That’s not great.

The recall includes a full 338,332 vehicles built at Ford’s Chicago plant between Feb. 13 of 2016 and Oct. 25, 2017, with 311,907 in the U.S. and federal territories, 23,380 in Canada and 3,045 in Mexico. The plan is for dealers to make the edges less edgy with flocked tape, and there are more details on the recall .

But until the recall is done on your Explorer, maybe don’t reach between the seats. Your phone isn’t that important, after all, and you could use the break from Twitter anyway.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
It's The Infrastructure, Stupid
It's The Infrastructure, Stupid
Nationwide charging infrastructure is still in a woeful state (unless you own a Tesla), automakers are starting to vaccinate their assembly line workers and Japan just made a risky bet on autonomous cars. All that and more in the for March 1, 2021. It’s no surprise that America’s charging...
Sep 13, 2025
I Don't Need A Volkswagen ID.3 Cabriolet, But I'll Take It
I Don't Need A Volkswagen ID.3 Cabriolet, But I'll Take It
I’m not going to pretend to be excited about the prospect of a convertible Volkswagen ID.3, something teased by VW Group chairman, Herbert Diess, on in the form of a bright, pseudo-impressionistic render. “We‘re thinking about an e-convertible,” Diess writes, describing it with adjectives like “quiet,” “smooth” and “open”...
Sep 13, 2025
1.9 Million Toyota RAV4s Investigated For Catching Fire
1.9 Million Toyota RAV4s Investigated For Catching Fire
Everyone’s favorite small SUV — America’s best-selling vehicle that’s not a pickup truck — is under investigation by NHTSA as of Monday. It could possibly lead to another recall for Toyota, reported. The is the subject of a new probe after 11 incidents of “non crash thermal events” have...
Sep 13, 2025
What Modern Car Feature Can You Not Live Without?
What Modern Car Feature Can You Not Live Without?
My may be decades old, but I don’t ever see getting rid of it. It’s the heart and soul of my driving life and even if road trips with friends in their own cars is fun, nothing beats going for a solo drive in my old hatch. But, I...
Sep 13, 2025
Jaguar Land Rover Is Cutting Capacity By 25 Percent
Jaguar Land Rover Is Cutting Capacity By 25 Percent
Jaguar Land Rover is knocking back one quarter of its production over the next five years, . The news has come via an investor presentation. If there’s a popular JLR machine that you know and love, though, don’t get too worried—the brand’s cuts are mainly going to be coming...
Sep 13, 2025
Blip: March Into March
Blip: March Into March
It’s March! Which means we should likely all consider the Nissan March, which is what Nissan called their Micra in export markets, for reasons I can’t begin to guess at. The Micra/March was the basis for Nissan’s Pike cars like the Be-1, Pao, and Figaro, and they had the...
Sep 13, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved