Notification: Recall 2021 Mach 1 low pressure fuel pump

[v8 enthusiast]

Hi to all
Just received a recall notification from Ford for my 2021 Mach 1 to replace the low pressure fuel pump.
I've heard it is a very complex, long job, and the fuel tank has to be removed, also removing the driveshaft along with the exhaustion pipes.
Is that correct?
Ford says it is a one-hour job...!

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[NGOT8R]

Someone way over exaggerated this to you. I’ve done it on my 2019 and the tank does not need to be dropped. The pump assembly is underneath the rear seat cushion the driver’s side. Many people upgrade the factory pump to a DW400.

 

[ORRadtech]

Someone way over exaggerated this to you. I’ve done it on my 2019 and the tank does not need to be dropped. The pump assembly is underneath the rear seat cushion the driver’s side. Many people upgrade the factory pump to a DW400.

It's probably takes more work to not get gas all over than it does to change the pump.

 

[NGOT8R]

It's probably takes more work to not get gas all over than it does to change the pump.

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[v8 enthusiast]

Oh boy, what a relief...

 

[v8 enthusiast]

Someone way over exaggerated this to you. I’ve done it on my 2019 and the tank does not need to be dropped. The pump assembly is underneath the rear seat cushion the driver’s side. Many people upgrade the factory pump to a DW400.

Wonderful news.
Do you think there is any difference in the fuel pump for the Mach?

 

[NGOT8R]

Wonderful news.
Do you think there is any difference in the fuel pump for the Mach?

You mean difference between my 2019 Bullitt pump and the M1? If so, no. If you’re talking about the DW400, it’s is a universal pump that is better and can flow/support more power than the factory pump. I highly recommend one.

My factory pump failed without warning at 7K miles on the car. I had been on E85 since for a few years before the failure. The DW400 is also designed to handle E85.

Take a look here at my thread on the pump failure. FWIW, having the recall done won’t necessarily guarantee that you won’t ever experience a fuel pump failure., but if you’re going in there, why not put in a better/ more capable pump that you can grow into down the road if you decide to add more power? There is no tuning or anything required to upgrade to the DW400.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/suspected-bad-fuel-pump-2019-bullitt-on-e85.189945/

 

[v8 enthusiast]

You mean difference between my 2019 Bullitt pump and the M1? If so, no. If you’re talking about the DW400, it’s is a universal pump that is better and can flow/support more power than the factory pump. I highly recommend one.

My factory pump failed without warning at 7K miles on the car. I had been on E85 since for a few years before the failure. The DW400 is also designed to handle E85.

Take a look here at my thread on the pump failure. FWIW, having the recall done won’t necessarily guarantee that you won’t ever experience a fuel pump failure., but if you’re going in there, why not put in a better/ more capable pump that you can grow into down the road if you decide to add more power? There is no tuning or anything required to upgrade to the DW400.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/suspected-bad-fuel-pump-2019-bullitt-on-e85.189945/

Thanks a lot

 

[ORRadtech]

You mean difference between my 2019 Bullitt pump and the M1? If so, no. If you’re talking about the DW400, it’s is a universal pump that is better and can flow/support more power than the factory pump. I highly recommend one.

My factory pump failed without warning at 7K miles on the car. I had been on E85 since for a few years before the failure. The DW400 is also designed to handle E85.

Take a look here at my thread on the pump failure. FWIW, having the recall done won’t necessarily guarantee that you won’t ever experience a fuel pump failure., but if you’re going in there, why not put in a better/ more capable pump that you can grow into down the road if you decide to add more power? There is no tuning or anything required to upgrade to the DW400.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/suspected-bad-fuel-pump-2019-bullitt-on-e85.189945/

Ford will not put anything except a Ford part in when doing recall/warranty work. If the OP wants to upgrade he will either have to do it himself or find an independent shop to do the swap.

 

[NHMach1]

Nice! I get a new pump lol

 

[Skye]

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...-nhtsa-low-pressure-fuel-pump-failure.218415/

This ^ thread will provide a bit more detail of the recall. Close to 1M Fords affected.

I check for a listed remedy often, but it's still too soon. Forum discussion leans towards a pump replacement.

 

[NGOT8R]

Ford will not put anything except a Ford part in when doing recall/warranty work. If the OP wants to upgrade he will either have to do it himself or find an independent shop to do the swap.

Right! If I were one of the ones with a recall on the pump, I would handle it myself and know what I’m getting.

I’m not saying Ford doesn’t have some capable technicians, but it seems like nowadays, everyone is shortcutting stuff. I’ve said it before on here a few times, it’s why I started doing all of my own work. I trust me before I trust a dealership.

 

[NGOT8R]

I would rate a fuel pump install on an S550 a 2 or 3 (definitely below average in terms of difficulty). The job is 45 min. to an hour tops from start to finish.

There are two tools that will make life easier to remove the basket locking ring and crimp the ear clamps. Here they are.

https://www.amazon.com/LEONTOOL-Uni...2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/AKIHISA-Plie...2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1

 

[ORRadtech]

Right! If I were one of the ones with a recall on the pump, I would handle it myself and know what I’m getting.

I’m not saying Ford doesn’t have some capable technicians, but it seems like nowadays, everyone is shortcutting stuff. I’ve said it before on here a few times, it’s why I started doing all of my own work. I trust me before I trust a dealership.

Not to get too far off topic but.
I agree with not necessarily trusting them to not F something up.
But doing my own recall or warranty work seems like it's letting Ford out of their responsibility. They should give us a quality product that can be trusted from the start. Doing the work myself feels like letting them off the hook and rewarding their decisions to cut corners during production.
Example: My EB suffered the well known headgasket failure into #3 cylinder. It's a well known issue caused by the cheap factory head bolts stretching. Because of milage I thought that they would deny coverage and had assembled most of the parts I'd need. Well, they decided to honor the warranty. I decided to let them because it's what they should do and why should I be responsible for that fairly expensive repair when they are aware it's a problem?
However, they refused to install the ARP headbolts I had. Which is why I know they won't use an aftermarket fuel pump.
I have kept everything I got and when those factory head bolts fail again I'll use them. Just waiting...

 

[NGOT8R]

@ORRadtech I completely understand your logic. I can’t confirm this, but I highly suspect that most auto manufacturers are constantly price shopping for the best price on parts to build their cars. At the end of the day, most probably gamble on buying good enough parts in bulk (at a good enough price) to get them past the warranty period in production vehicles.

I do feel something like a fuel pump is a maintenance item though. With only 7K miles on my pump when it failed, the filter sock was filthy. I can only imagine it getting worse and being less effective over time, which would resulted in other problems surfacing. On my upcoming fuel system upgrade, I’ll be running triple pumps, and an inline filter, but will make the filter socks a regular maintenance item moving forward. When I pull my DW400 pump (which currently has about 1800 miles on it) I’ll be able to see how well the sock filtered compared to the factory one, since my new pumps will be DW400s as well. Stay tuned for that.

In your case on the head gasket failure, I doo feel Ford should have obliged you and used your ARP stud kit or pushed Ford corporate to consider implementing testing of them to see if it would have been a permanent fix.

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