Recall 2013 Taurus...what Ford tells me...

[maansman]

I entered my vin at Ford's recall website...and it came with the 2 below recalls......I have a 13 SHO......

Can someone tell me what the heck a front halfshaft thing is? lol...I am car stupid.


Title: LICENSE LAMP ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT

Title: RIGHT-HAND FRONT HALFSHAFT RETENTION INSPECTION / REPAIR

Here's the Ford site should you want to look to see if your car is affected by the latest recalls this month....

http://owner.ford.com/servlet/ContentServer?BackToLogin=Owner%2FPage%2FRecallsPage&pagename=Owner%2FPage%2FIdentifyVehiclePage&level=vin&recallsflow=yes

[PokerMunkee]

License Plate lights are an easy swap out, 5 minute job tops.

The half shaft recall is just an inspection.  They will put car on lift and make sure it looks good.  A member here had it fail on his '13 SHO, watch these videos to see what happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI-0yXB_XkI&list  (love his reaction lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmzs-sO2us0

[SHOdded]

Front halfshaft is what connects your transmission to the front wheel, literally a shaft.  Called a half shaft because a full shaft would connect both wheels together directly, as in the days of solid axle front wheel drive rear ends.  The shaft is "broken" into 2 parts, one for the left front wheel, and one for the right.  Kinda like two oars rowing a boat