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Ohio man says software update disabled car, leaving $1,600 bill and little options
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Don't buy the first few years of a newly released car. Rules to live by. The Mach-E had all kinds of power train failures including fusing the high voltage battery junction box contacts open and or closed which disables the vehicle.
I bought the 4th year of the Mach-E. Mine was after the HVJB and that was primarily only affecting the GT models anyway, which I don’t have.
Dont buy a car past 2013
I can't refute this.