February 27, 2020

Ford Recalls Popular F-150 Pickup To Fix Headlamp Problem

In this Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, photograph, the company logo shines on the grille of an unsold 2020 F-150 pickup truck at a Ford dealership in Littleton, Colo. - AP Photo/David Zalubowski

In this Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, photograph, the company logo shines on the grille of an unsold 2020 F-150 pickup truck at a Ford dealership in Littleton, Colo.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 217,000 pickup trucks mainly in North America to fix a problem with the daytime running lights.

The recall covers certain F-150 trucks with LED headlights from the 2018 through 2020 model years. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker says the running lights will keep working if the driver moves the headlight switch from auto to the low beam position. U.S. safety standards require vehicles to change to parking lights in that case.

The problem could reduce visibility to other drivers, but Ford says it doesn't know of any crashes.

Dealers will update software to fix the problem.

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