Ford says it has located the source of its F-150 Lighting battery issues and will resume production on Monday.
parked in a holding lot on company property caught fire. Ford immediately halted production at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where the F-150 Lighting is assembled and issued a stop shipment order until the cause of the battery fire was identified.said at the time that Ford was “holding of vehicles” while it investigates the issue.
, Ford says, “We have no reason to believe F-150 Lightnings already in customers’ hands are affected by this issue.”is reporting that Ford is on track to resume production of F-150 Lightning pickup trucks on Monday and is recalling 18 of them due to a battery cell manufacturing defect. The recall announced on Friday related to production over a four-week period that began at the end of last year.
The announcement last Friday said “the root cause identified was related to battery cell production at the SK On plant in Georgia.” It went on to say a joint investigation involving Ford and SK On had “confirmed the root causes” and the two companies have “implemented quality actions.” Ford said Friday it still has not set a date for resuming deliveries but said production is on track to resume Monday with a “clean stock of battery packs.
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