Ford just recalled over 422,000 trucks and SUVs for a windshield wiper arm defect that can cause the arm to stop working or detach entirely while driving in the rain. The affected vehicles — F-250s, F-350s, Expeditions, and Lincoln Navigators built between October 2021 and December 2022 — share a manufacturing flaw in the wiper arm assembly. Latch retention plates were incorrectly staked during production, weakening over time until wiper arms strip, fail, or come off completely.But where it gets complicated is that Ford did not issue this recall because their safety team caught a problem. They issued it because the federal government forced them to look. Under a 2024 Consent Order with NHTSA, Ford was required to conduct a mandatory three-year lookback of its safety data. That review turned up elevated warranty claims on the exact same wiper arm …
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Author: Simran Rastogi
