Ford has announced a recall of 2023 model year Bronco and Ranger units due to a potential problem in the lug nuts on the left-side road wheels. The defect could result in the lug nuts not being properly tightened and potentially lead to wheel detachment, creating a road hazard and increasing the risk of injury or crash. Of the 1,434 potentially involved vehicles, it is estimated that 19 percent have the defect.
The root cause of the defect was found to be an assembly process error at Ford's Michigan Plant, where the automated tool used to torque the road wheel lug nuts on the left side of the vehicle was down for repair.
