Highway regulators are determining if 346,000 Escape models from 2020 and 2021 can stay on the road.
Highway safety officials said Tuesday they're looking into complaints from Ford Motor customers about the doors on some Escape SUVs that have opened while a driver was at the wheel.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's probe will focus on 346,000 Escapes from the 2020 and 2021 model years, the agency . Customers have filed 118 complaints about Ford Escape doors, sharing that the spot welds on the door assembly bracket can malfunction. "Many consumers report hearing a popping noise when opening the door as the door check bracket begins to separate from the door," NHTSA said in its investigation documents.
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