Hold onto car’s roof

Ford has issued a recall of 5,000 Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs in Canada over a risk of the glass roof and windshield potentially coming loose and falling off.

Ironically, the carmaker mocked Tesla for the same problem just a year ago.

Last year, Darren Palmer, the head of development for Ford and Lincoln’s battery electric vehicle made some comments about the quality of electric cars.

The blue-oval executive said EV buyers until now had to compromise and accept some “flaws”.

“The doors fit properly, the plastics and other materials colour-match, the bumpers don’t fall off, the roof doesn’t come off when you wash it, the door handles don’t get stuck in cold weather…”

While Palmer didn’t mention Tesla by name, several of those quality issues have been associated with Elon Musk’s brand. Specifically, it came just weeks after the roof of a Model Y flew off while it was being driven. 

So, it’s somewhat ironical that Ford now finds itself in such a similar situation. It has just issued two recalls in Canada – and one of them is specifically about the risk of the glass roof coming off:

“On certain vehicles, the glass panel of the panoramic sunroof may not be properly attached,” it states. “Over time, the glass could become loose and separate from the vehicle.”

Ford says that it affects 1,812 2021 Mustang Mach-E vehicles in Canada from model-year 2021.

On a separate recall for 3,178 Mach-Es, the company reports a similar problem that could result in the windshield coming off: “On certain vehicles, the windshield may not be properly attached. As a result, the glass can become loose and could separate from the vehicle in a crash.”

In both cases, Ford plans to notify the affected owners, check the roof and windshield and reassemble them with more adhesive if needed.