2021 FORD MUSTANG MACH E Lane Departure Problems

The backup camera and 360 view stopped working, and the reverse break assist is not available when placing the vehicle in reverse. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Camera system that allows hands free driving, lane departure warning, collision warning and adaptive cruise control fails and all system offline. Extremely widespread on the 2021 models. Looks to be a cable route to the camera that was installed incorrectly. Went to dealership, they said they see this in almost all of the Mach E vehicles. Usually begins failing when hitting bumps -- system goes in/out. After a while, system drops out completely and all safety systems relying on them fail.

I was driving on the highway when the car gave me an error saying that the front camera is faulty and the collision warning system was giving an error. This stopped my cruise control and lane departure settings. I had just got my car back from Ford for this issue where they replaced a $7000 computer part and said it was fixed. This issue has been happening since I purchased the car in Dec 2024.

Anti collision, cruise control, automatic braking system, and lane assist will abruptly stop working when used. Has caused multiple almost accidents when vehicle was slowing down. Vehicle has been inducted for repairs twice for this issue and same symptoms are occurring in less than 6 months

Front camera fault. Pre collision systems don’t work without it. Large online community with the same issues but ford refuses to acknowledge it’s an issue. They won’t help even if errors start happening before warranty is over. And once warranty is over they charge large amounts to fix. There is a TSB out for the issue and it seems like a pinched coaxial cable. Our safety is at stake and the number of occurrences can’t not be random. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I am the owner of a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E and have experienced repeated failures of the front-facing camera system, which directly impacts critical safety features such as automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control. When the camera fails, these safety systems become unavailable or behave unpredictably, putting my safety and that of others at risk. The issue began around 40,000 miles. It is typically preceded by dashboard warnings such as “Front Camera Fault” or “Driver Assistance Features Unavailable.” I paid out of pocket for a repair at an authorized Ford dealership, but only four months later, the exact same issue happened again. Now, Ford is requiring me to pay for the repair again, despite this being a repeated safety-related failure of the same component. The dealership confirmed the problem both times, and the front camera module is still available for inspection if needed. Ford has refused to cover the cost under warranty or acknowledge any broader defect. I am also aware that other Mustang Mach-E owners have reported similar failures online. Given the recurring nature of the issue and the impact on critical driver assistance systems, I believe this is a serious safety concern that warrants a formal recall and investigation by NHTSA.

Some of the driver assistance warning systems may not be operable due to multiple and frequent warning messages. Messages are: Front Camera Fault Service Required; Pre-Collision Assist Not Available; Lane Keeping System Fault Service Required. Ford is unable to correct these making it potentially unsafe. Additionally, they are not covering the attempt to fix this under the extended warranty. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of owners of the same model and year of my car, and subsequent years as well, having this issue with no resolution. There needs to be a recall.

Backing up from a parking spot it failed to give warning of pedestrians crossing. It also fails warning for lane departures or Collision Alert warnings. All settings are on the console settings for drivers assist. Warning are given too late for pedestrians and Auto crossing while backing up. Forward collision warning does not work at all.

Backing up from a parking spot it failed to give warning of pedestrians crossing. It also fails warning for lane departures or Collision Alert warnings. All settings are on the console settings for drivers assist. Warning are given too late for pedestrians and Auto crossing while backing up. Forward collision warning does not work at all.

Front camera fault. Pre collision systems don’t work without it. Large online community with the same issues but ford refuses to acknowledge it’s an issue. They won’t help even if errors start happening before warranty is over. And once warranty is over they charge large amounts to fix. There is a TSB out for the issue and it seems like a pinched coaxial cable. Our safety is at stake and the number of occurrences can’t not be random.

Car reports Camera Fault; forward-facing camera no longer working and adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, emergency braking and collision avoidance systems are all no longer available.

Always got “Forward Collision Warning” then "Adaptive Cruise Control" can't be enabled. "Blind Spot Warning“ always happens as well

Vehicle receives warning message that front camera and pre collision asst is unavailable after driving it for about an hour. Vehicle was serviced following the ford directive to ensure that the service to the vehicle following the warning was followed correctly. This didnt suffice the warning and the warning continues to show up daily on the vehicle. This is a safety feature that is causing errors and knocking out any safety feature for the operator of the vehicle.

When driving two errors occur randomly and repeatedly. 1) Front Camera Fault, and 2) Pre-collision Assist inoperative. If driving with using any of the ADAS features, the car immediately begins to slow rapidly although each time it has occurred there has been no obstacle present. In one instance, it was on a freeway at 75 mph speeds nearly causing a severe accident due to the unexpected rapid deceleration. Luckily this was at 10pm at night. Had it occurred during higher traffic volumes I can almost guarantee there would have been a multiple vehicle collision. Researching online, it appears that the manufacturer has issued a TSB 23-2155 acknowledging the problem exists, but they do not see this as a significant enough safety issue to warrant a recall. When the failure causes complete disconnection of all ADAS features and the vehicle to attempt unneeded, unexpected, and unpredictable evasive maneuvers, I believe this to be a significant safety issue. The warning and attempted braking by the vehicle occur on a daily basis.

Subject: Complaint against Ford Clermont Dealership - Delayed and Unethical Service I am writing this complaint to express my dissatisfaction with the service I have received from Clermont Ford dealership regarding the repair of my vehicle. My name is [XXX] , and on [XXX], 2024, I brought my car to your dealership in Clermont , Florida, due to faulty warning lights indicating a potential crash issue and malfunctioning mirrors. The vehicle drove fine. There was no other issues. I just wanted to get this taken care of. After inspecting my vehicle, Ford of Clermont dealership informed me that someone had backed into my car, causing minor damage that needed to be repaired. Consequently, I entrusted my vehicle to Ford of Clermont dealership for the necessary repairs. However, it has been an incredibly frustrating experience as my vehicle has now been at your dealership for almost a month and a half, with no end in sight. Throughout this period, I have made numerous visits to the dealership to check on the progress of the repairs. However, each time I arrived, the service representative assigned to my case was conveniently either on a break, out to lunch, or absent altogether. To exacerbate matters, the service representative provided me with a Google Voice phone number that he never answered, but would respond to via text message. This unprofessional behavior has left me feeling neglected and unheard as a customer. Despite my persistent efforts, I have been continuously given the runaround by your dealership. Whenever I communicate with the service representative, I am fed excuses about ordered wrong body parts or being incorrect or delayed. Additionally, my requests to speak with a supervisor have been ignored, as no supervisors have reached out to address my concerns. It is worth noting that after posting a negative review on Yelp, I was promptly contacted by the service department, claiming that there is an electrical issue with my veh INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5

I have been having Ford try to resolve the safety systems from failing while driving for over 2 years. In October 2023 I took a settlement (hush money) for my time and effort, thinking that the safety systems were fixed. The dealership currently has had my vehicle for over 7 days and will not give it back until they have found a resolution (good for them). The dealer placed a buyback request with Ford Motor Co last week because of the extensive troubles, safety concerns and inability to resolve, however Ford has denied it because of the settlement. I am not wanting money, I am not wanting anything other than for Ford to take the vehicle back and pay off the loan. I have a teenage driver and I am at a point that the safety of this vehicle is putting myself, my daughter and OTHERS at risk every time it is driven on public roads. The lemon law attorney I used for the settlement refuses too help me any further stating the case is closed. I disagree that a vehicle with safety defects is OK to keep driving and that Ford Motor Co is OK with this. There is no short term or long term resolution to this matter, they do not know what is causing the system to malfunction. In every essence this is a lemon.

While driving the cluster goes black. It does not show speed. It goes black for about 5 seconds and reboots. this happens about every 15 minutes while driving.

Occasional failure of video signal from front camera located above rear view mirror causes Alert pop-up on main instrument display and loss of all Driver Assist feature that utilize the front camera such as: lane departure alert and adaptive cruise control.

This vehicle has an issue with persisent and now completely locked out safety systems. There's a 40 page forum on MachEForums. Currently at the dealer 2 weeks with no known fix. They are waiting on parts, but do not guarantee a fix. All of my safety systems have been disabled from this. Adadptive Cruise Control, which isn't concerning, but - Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warnings, Lane Keeping Assistance. I feel unsafe in this vehicle and Ford has no current fix. A serious investigation needs to go into this as I was advised by the Ford BEV team hotline he had just spoken to someone from California who started a buyback for the same reason, and when the dealer couldn't fix it, to call back and advise it's a lemon. The fact Ford themselves suggested this and cannot restore safety systems is beyond scary. Dealer isn't convinced they can fix it and says parts are backordered, meanwhile there's no concise fix. A master tech in the thread has suggested co-axials, while others have had their camera and camera harness replaced. Others like myself are without the loss of a car for weeks while still having to pay for it. Please launch a formal investigation. If it was just adaptive cruise, it wouldn't matter. Normal cruise is knocked out as well as every ADAS feature, due to a 'front camera' / colission avoidance issue. Another tech in the thread suggested the wiring loom was not long enough causing a harsh bend to the coaxial in the bumper. I just want a safe car back. All features such as lane keeping, even auto-braking are now gone. My dealer is unable to calibrate the camera anymore and suggested Ford released this vehicle a bit too early. This is worrying. Thanks

Pre-Collision Assist Not Available has been persistent since purchasing last month. There is 27 page thread (https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/front-camera-fault-pre-collision-assist-not-available-errors.18710/page-25) recommending that we file a report here.

Pre-Collision Assist Not Available has been persistent since purchasing last month. There is 27 page thread (https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/front-camera-fault-pre-collision-assist-not-available-errors.18710/page-25) recommending that we file a report here.

I have had a camera fault error for several weeks. This leads to the pre-collision assist and other features not being available. The camera module has already been replaced once and I still have the same problem.

Sudden failure of front cameras. Sudden loss of adaptive cruise control and front collision early detection system as well.

Car purchased new June 2021. In April 2022, I began to get intermittent faults regarding the front camera “Front Camera Fault - Service required” - this would disable cruise control on highways and cause quite a lurch and change in speed. The error message disables cruise control, camera, pre-collision assist, and lane keeping assist. The error message would disappear after a few minutes. By Memorial Day weekend May 2022, the fault was persistent and the error message did not go away. In August 2022, I left the car with my dealer for 3 weeks and they did some software updates and re-seated my windshield to address an open recall. Since then, I have received the front camera intermittent fault three times. There’s quite a number of us with this issue and Ford has initiated buybacks due to the problem being unresolved. We just want the issue resolved, as it’s a safety issue.

Front camera fault. Was periodic. Now permanent. Disables BlueCruise, Adaptive Cruise, and other camera dependent features.

Starting approximately in June 2022, my vehicle receives almost daily faults. It will generate a "Front Camera Fault" and a "Pre-Collision Assist Not Available" message. When the car generates these faults, the following other features will fail to work: Adaptive Cruise Control, Normal Cruise Control, Automatic headlights, Lane Centering, Pre-collision warning. I brought the vehicle into two separate dealers on two separate occasions to address the problems. Both times, parts were replaced, software was updated / reset, and camera systems were re-aligned. None of these efforts have even made the problem any better. The fault will sometimes appear when first starting the vehicle. But, sometimes the fault will appear at highway speeds which causes the car to disengage cruise control suddenly which is jarring and unexpected.

I repeatedly get two error messages, front camera fault and pre collision assist unavailable. It happened randomly until it finally went out completely. I've spoken to many other owners who are having the same problem and it seems that there is not fix. This causes the cruise control and lane keeping assist to become unavailable. Myself and many other owners have attempted to get this issue resolved multiple times and it seems that there isn't a fix and the manufacturer is not speaking out about it. My car is currently at the repair shop for it's 3rd visit to resolve this same issue. The dealership is unaware of how to resolve it and are waiting for Ford to find a resolution. This has been an issue since April and the repairs attempts started when the camera went completely out in May. This is a big safety issue if the care can not pick up the threat of a front collision. With the pre collision assist unavailable it something were to happen while driving, the emergency brake system will not activate. I feel that this issue should be addressed.

The hands-free steering control Does not give a loud warning or much notice as it shuts off quickly as it did to me as I switched from southbound 805 to southbound 163 in San Diego. The hands-free steering veered off of the 163 entrance ramp towards the crash barrels and I was barely able to get control and avoid a crash. About 5 miles further down the road as it was going hands-free on 163 underneath interstate 8 and there is a curve to the left but my vehicle kept going straight and I barely missed other cars in the next lane as the hands-free steering suddenly stopped with no loud notice. Luckily, I was paying very good attention which is hard to do when you’re talking to other people in the car and driving hands-free. I had less than two seconds notification to take full control and avoid a wreck. My brother was a passenger as I was taking him to the airport. In the past I have been qualified as a professional racecar driver and I have a masters in mechanical engineering and have much experience with electronics as I produce electric vehicles . I also owned a Tesla model three for a couple years and the autonomous driving was scary on it at times. My wife would not let me put it on autonomous as these vehicles are back-and-forth in their lane so much that passengers get scared. I am selling my 2021 mustang Mach-E before it kills me. I love the car and the handling and acceleration but after the dealer installed this hands-free, I am scared. The two incidents today and several other minor ones before tells me there’s a lot of development still needing to be done before these hands-free and autonomous devices are allowed on even Controlled access freeways.

When placed in drive the car takes off on its own without the acceleration pedal being touched. The passenger locks only work with key fob unlock button being pressed and the passenger side doesn't recognize the Fob for easy entry. The adaptive cruise control warning comes on constantly. The handas free parking never worked since i got the car in July 2021.

While driving on thruway, it began to snow.. One. by one the safety sensors reported failure due to being blocked. Even basic criosese control stopped working. As conditions cleared none of the sensors recovered. I pulled off at an exit to clear any remaining snow that may have been blocking the sensors. The sensors were already clear, yet still reported. being blocked. I pulled into a car wash and. had the car washed and dried to make sure that every sensor was unobstructed. All of the sensors were still in a failure state. Not one sensor recovered. I had to turn off the car and restart to clear the sensor failures. This is a big problem when driving on a long trip. Every time it snows and a sensor fails, I have to exit the thruway and find a place to pull over and restart the car. In instances where roads are wet, cars ahead spray road mud and block the sensors. This happens constantly in upstate NY. Every few miles when the sensors is blocked the car will lose cruise control and most of the safety features. The only way to recover is pull off of the road to restart the car. It happened, several times on 50 mile drive. It's unnerving when it does. When weather conditions are poor, I want to get to my destination safely, without extra driving caused by exiting to restart and merging back on the thruway multiple times. Any other modern vehicle that I have driven will clear a sensor failure when the condition no longer exists, without restarting the car. The Mach-E refuses to clear sensors unless it's restarted. I do believe this compromises the safety of the driver and passengers by causing unnecessary extra driving with multiple instances of stopping and restarting while road conditions are ready poor.

WHEN I START UP THE CAR, AND THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 50 DEGREES, THE "PRE-COLLISION ASSIST" IS NOT AVAILABLE, THE "PARK AID" MALFUNCTIONS AND THE "BLIND SPOT DETECTION WITH CROSS TRAFFIC" IS INOPERATIVE....THE ALERTS ARE ON THE DASH, AND COME AS ALERTS TO MY PHONE. THE CAR CAN STILL BE DRIVEN. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE "SERVICE" DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE MARCH 16, AND I HAVE NO WORD ON WHEN IT WILL BE RETURNED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2/26, 2/27, 3/2, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6,3/7,3/10 AND 3/12. AND, TWICE, WHILE DRIVING AT WARMER TEMPS., THE "FRONT COLLISION ALERT" HAS SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE DASH, AND THERE IS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME.

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