Ford e Recalls 4 Million Vehicles—F-Series Trucks, SUVs, More—Over Software Glitch
Moetsi oa likoloi o ile a fana ka palo ea rekoto ea ho hopola selemong se fetileng.
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Ha Litšitšili tsa Software li Theola Sekepe sa Hao: Se Boleloang ke Ford ho Beng ba Likhoebo
Ka Labobeli hoseng ka Hlakubele, k'hamphani ea thepa e Dallas e ile ea fumana hore literaka tsa eona tse leshome le metso e mene tsa Ford F-Series li ne li tšoailoe molemong oa naha - eseng ka lebaka la ho hloleha ha mochini, brake line kapa karolo e tsofetseng, empa bakeng sa glitch ea software e patiloeng botebong ba limojule tsa taolo ea elektroniki. Literaka li ne li sa robeha. Ba ile ba matha hantle. Empa ba ne ba e-na le ts'oaetso ea software e neng e ka, tlas'a maemo a itseng, e ka senya polokeho ea bakhanni. Literaka tse leshome le metso e mene. Bakhanni ba leshome le metso e mene. Litsela tse leshome le metso e mene li senyehile - 'me molaoli oa likepe o ntse a tsitlallela ho fumana hore na a etse eng ka mor'a moo.Qeto ea Ford ea ho hopola likoloi tse ka bang limilione tse 4 - ho kenyeletsoa literaka tsa eona tsa mofuta oa F-Series, mefuta e mengata ea li-SUV, le lipere tse ling tse tsebahalang tsa khoebo - e emela ho feta sehlooho sa litaba mabapi le taolo ea boleng ba moetsi a le mong. E supa phetoho ea sebopeho ho seo ho ba le likoloi ho se bolelang bakeng sa likhoebo ka 2025 le ho feta. Koloi ea sejoale-joale, bohareng ba eona, ke komporo e tsamaeang. 'Me joalo ka khomphutha efe kapa efe, e ts'epahala joalo ka khoutu e sebetsang ka har'a eona.
Koloi ea Pele ea Software: Phetohelo e Habeli-Habeli
Ka lilemo tse mashome, likhopotso tsa likoloi li ne li latela mokhoa o ka boleloang esale pele: karolo ea 'mele e ile ea hlōleha, balaoli ba arabela, barekisi ba nkela karolo sebaka. Sistimi eohle - ho tloha ho boenjineri ho isa ho tsa thepa ho isa tšebetsong ea barekisi - e ne e etselitsoe ho potoloha lintho tse bonahalang, tsa mochini. Sesebelisoa sa airbag se nang le phoso. Mohala oa mafura o senyehileng. Kholomo ea ho tsamaisa e petsohileng. Ana ke mathata ao u neng u ka a tšoara ka letsoho.
Nako ea sejoale-joale ea likoloi tse hlalosoang ke software e fetotse papali ka botlalo. Literaka tsa kajeno le li-SUV li na le mela ea khoutu e fetang limilione tse 150 - ho feta sefofane sa khoebo. Ford's F-150, koloi e rekoang ka ho fetesisa United States ka lilemo tse fetang mashome a mane ebile e le mokokotlo oa likepe tse ngata tsa khoebo, e na le likarolo tse ngata tsa taolo ea elektroniki (ECUs) tse laolang ntho e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ho tloha boitšoarong ba phetisetso ho isa ho lithuso tsa ho boloka tsela ho isa ts'ebetsong e hole. E 'ngoe le e' ngoe ea litsamaiso tseo e ka jara likokoana-hloko. E 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea liphoso tsena e ka etsa hore motho a hopole.
Sena ha se Ford feela. General Motors e fane ka likhopotso tse fetang 30 tse amanang le software ka selemo se le seng sa almanaka. Tesla, eo e ileng ea e-ba pula-maliboho holim'a lintlafatso tsa software ka holim'a moea (OTA) e le mochini oa ho lokisa, ka boeona e hopotse likoloi tse limilione ka lipache tsa dijithale. Phapang ke hore litšitšili tsa software ha li phatlalatse ka lerata le silang kapa leseli la temoso - li ipata ka mokhoa o nang le maemo, li emetse nyeoe e ka pele e bakang phoso. Ho se lebelle hoo ke hona ho etsang hore ho be thata ho batsamaisi ba likepe ho laola ka nepo.
The Ripple Effect on Commercial Fleets
Ho beng ba koloi ka bomong, ho hopoloa ke tšitiso. U hlophisa ketelo ea morekisi, u theole koloi ka lihora tse 'maloa, ebe u khanna ka patch ea software kapa karolo e ncha. Bakeng sa likhoebo tse sebelisang likoloi tsa likoloi tsa 10, 50, kapa 500, lipalo li fapane haholo. Ho hopola ka tekanyo eo ho baka litšitiso tse ngata tse amang kemiso, meputso, boitlamo ba bareki, melao ea inshorense le melaoana ea polokeho ea bakhanni ka nako e le 'ngoe.
Ak'u nahane ka lipalo: haeba k'hamphani ea kaho e sebelisa literaka tse 40 tsa Ford F-Series 'me tse 10 tsa tsona li koaheloa ke sehopotso sena, mohlomong ke likoloi tse 10 tse hlokang ho huloa ho tloha ho potoloha, ho lokisetsoa litšebeletso tsa barekisi, le ho nkeloa sebaka ka nakoana - hangata ka litšenyehelo tse kholo. Litefiso tsa likoloi tse hiriloeng bakeng sa literaka tsa khoebo li nyolohile haholo lilemong tsa morao tjena, ka karolelano ea $150 ho ea ho $300 ka letsatsi bakeng sa likoloi tsa khoebo tse sebetsang ka bobebe. Khopotso e amang literaka tse 10 esita le ka matsatsi a mararo e emela $4,500 ho isa ho $9,000 ka litšenyehelo tse sa reroang tsa ts'ebetso, pele ho tlalehoa bakeng sa tlhahiso e lahlehileng kapa linako tsa ho qetela tsa bareki.
Sebopeho sa motho se kopanya tsa lichelete. Bakhanni ba itšetlehileng ka likoloi tseo ba li abetsoeng bakeng sa litsela tsa letsatsi le letsatsi ba hloka ho fallisoa bocha. Batsamaisi ba ts'ireletso ba hloka ho ngola tumellano le litsebiso tsa ho hopola ho boloka boemo ba inshorense le litlhoko tsa taolo. 'Me lihlopha tsa ho reka thepa li hloka ponahalo ea nako ea sebele eo likoloi li amehang ho eona - tlhahisoleseding eo likhoebong tse ngata li ntseng li phela ka har'a li-spreadsheet tse siiloeng ke nako.
Hobaneng Likhoebo tse ngata li so Lokela Likhopotso tse tsamaisoang ke Software
Bothata ba mantlha ke hore mekhoa e mengata ea taolo ea likepe e ne e etselitsoe lefatše la mochini. Likhoebo li lekola linako tsa phetoho ea oli. Ba etsa kemiso ea ho potoloha ha mabili. Ba beha leihlo sebaka sa lik'hilomithara ho latela melao ea khiriso. Tsena ke litloaelo tse ntle haholo - empa li shebahala ka morao, li ipapisitse le moaparo oa 'mele o latelang mekhoa e ka lebelloang.
Bofokoli ba software ha bo latele mekhoa eo. Koloi e nang le lik'hilomithara tse 3,000 ho odometer e ka nka software bug e tšoanang le e nang le lik'hilomithara tse 90,000. Lori e rekiloeng likhoeling tse tšeletseng tse fetileng e kanna ea pepesoa ho feta e rekiloeng lilemong tse tharo tse fetileng, ho latela hore na ke sehlopha sefe sa tlhahiso se amohetseng mofuta oa firmware o amehileng. Litokisetso tsa khale tsa tlhokomelo ea thibelo li ne li sa etsetsoa ho tšoara likotsi tsena.
"Likoloi tsa hosane ke lihlahisoa tsa software tse nang le mabili. Ho laola likepe kajeno ntle le lisebelisoa tsa dijithale ho tšoana le ho laola lenaneo la cybersecurity ka lethathamo la lipampiri - mohlala oa kotsi o fetohile haholo."
Lekhalo lena le teng lipakeng tsa mekhoa ea taolo ea likepe tsa lefa le 'nete e hlalositsoeng ke software ea likoloi tsa sejoale-joale ke moo likhoebo li pepesoang haholo. Baokameli ba likepe ba sa bonahaleng bohareng, ba nako ea sebele ka har'a thepa ea likoloi tsa bona - ho kenyelletsa le lintlha tsa boemo ba VIN, boemo ba ho hopola, le histori ea tlhokomelo - ha e le hantle ba sebetsa ba foufetse ha mohopolo o moholo o theoha. Ba fumana ka likoloi tse amehileng ka tsela e tšoanang le ea sechaba: ka litemoso tsa litaba le liphatlalatso tsa boralitaba tsa NHTSA.
Ts'ebetso ea ho Recall-Ready Fleet
Litaba tse monate ke hore ho itokisetsa ho hopola ha se taba ea ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso ea hau kaofela. Ke taba ea ho aha litsamaiso tse nepahetseng le phallo ea mosebetsi pele sehopotso se latelang se fihla - hobane ho tla lula ho na le e latelang. Mona ke hore na ts'ebetso ea likepe tse tsitsitseng e shebahala joang:
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Start Free →- Centralized VIN registry: Koloi e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea likepe tsa hau e lokela ho kenngoa ka VIN ea eona ka har'a tsamaiso e bohareng, e batlisisang. NHTSA's recall database e lumella li- lookups tsa boemo ba VIN, 'me liforomo tse ngata tsa tsamaiso ea likepe li ka iketsetsa licheke tsena ka nako ea sebele.
- Recall alert automation: Ho e-na le ho beha litaba leihlo ka botsona, likhoebo li lokela ho ba le litsamaiso tse itirisang tse bonts'ang lethathamo la thepa ea tsona khahlanong le liphatlalatso tsa NHTSA le likoloi tse amehileng hanghang.
- Litokomane tsa tlhokomelo le melao ea tsamaiso: Karabo e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea ho hopola - netefatso ea ketelo ea morekisi, rekoto ea ho lokisa, mofuta o ntlafalitsoeng oa software - e tlameha ho bolokoa boemong ba koloi le ho fumaneha bakeng sa tlhahlobo ea inshorense le tlhahlobo ea taolo.
- Melao-taba ea puisano ea bakhanni: Bakhanni ba amehileng ba hloka litaelo tse hlakileng, tse nakong: hore na ba tsoele pele ho tsamaisa koloi, mehato efe ea tšireletso eo ba lokelang ho e nka nakong ena, le hore na koloi ea bona e tla sebetsoa neng.
- Ho boloka moralo oa likoloi: Likhoebo tse tsamaisang likepe tse se nang matla a ho hloka mosebetsi li kotsing ea ho ba le tšitiso. Leano le tlalehiloeng la maemo a tšohanyetso - litšebelisano tsa khiriso, mokhoa oa ho tsamaisa likoloi - o fokotsa ts'ebetso ea ts'ebetso ea ho tlosoa ha likoloi ho sa lebelloa.
- Taolo ea likamano tsa barekisi: Ho theha likamano tsa bohlokoa tsa litšebeletso le barekisi pele ho hopola ho etsahala ho bolela phetoho e potlakileng ha e etsahala. Bahoebi ba etelletsa liak'haonte tsa likepe pele ka litumellano tsa litšebeletso tse thehiloeng ho feta beng ba likoloi ba tsamaeang ka bomong.
Lipolanete tse kang Mewayz, tse kenyeletsang li-modules tse inehetseng tsa tsamaiso ea likepe hammoho le CRM, HR, le lisebelisoa tsa ts'ebetso, li etsa hore mofuta ona oa tsamaiso ea likepe tse kopantseng li fihlellehe bakeng sa likhoebo tse se nang tekanyetso ea software ea tsamaiso ea likoloi. Ka li-module tse 207 tse koahelang ntho e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ho tloha ho moputso ho ea ho li-analytics, Mewayz e thusa likhoebo tse itšetlehileng ka likepe ho hokahanya lintlha tsa tsamaiso ea likoloi le setšoantšo se pharaletseng sa ts'ebetso - ho kenyelletsa le kemiso, boitlamo ba bareki, le litlaleho tsa mokhanni - kahoo ketsahalo ea ho hopola ha e hlahe feela e le bothata ba koloi, empa hang-hang e utloisisoa moelelong oa eona oa ts'ebetso.
Sebaka sa Taolo se ntse se Sela ka Matla
Bophahamo ba ho hopola rekoto ea Ford selemong se fetileng ha boa etsahala feela. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration e matlafalitse boithuto ba eona ba bofokoli ba likoloi tse amanang le software, mme tikoloho ea taolo e potileng tšireletseho ea makoloi e ntse e tiea lefatšeng ka bophara. Taolo ea WP.29 ea Machaba a Kopaneng, e qalileng ho sebetsa ka 2022 bakeng sa tumello ea mofuta oa koloi e ncha, e hloka hore baetsi ba likoloi ba kenye ts'ebetsong mekhoa ea tsamaiso ea cybersecurity le ho laola lisebelisoa tsa software nakong eohle ea bophelo ba koloi. Mekhahlelo e ts'oanang e ntse e amoheloa ho pholletsa le Amerika Leboea le Asia.
Ho likhoebo, phetoho ena ea taolo e na le moelelo o tobileng oa ho latela melao. Likoloi tsa likepe tse tsamaisang mehopolo e ikhethang - haholo-holo tse amanang le ts'ireletso ea software - li ka etsa hore motho a be le boikarabello haeba ketsahalo e etsahala. Bajari ba inshorense ba ntse ba botsa ka ho eketsehileng mabapi le ho latela melao ea ho hopola nakong ea ho nchafatsoa ha maano le lipatlisiso tsa likopo. Khoebo e sa khoneng ho fana ka tlaleho ea karabelo ea nako ea ho hopola likoloi tsa eona e tobane le kotsi e ntseng e eketseha: ts'ireletso ea mantlha ea ts'ireletso, hammoho le likhohlano tse ka bang teng mabapi le ts'ireletso, hammoho le ho se latele melao haeba likoloi li sebetsa liindastering tse laoloang joalo ka lipalangoang, tsa kaho kapa tsa tlhokomelo ea bophelo.
Moroalo oa ho latela melao ha o tsamaee. Haeba ho na le ntho leha e le efe, ha likoloi li ntse li e-na le lisebelisoa tse ngata tsa software, hangata le ho rarahana ha likhopotso li tla eketseha. Likoloi tse limilione tse 4 tse hopotsoeng ha Ford hajoale e ke ke ea e-ba k'homphieutha e kholo ka ho fetisisa historing - rekoto eo e kanna ea robeha nakong ea lilemo tse leshome. Likhoebo tse etsang hore ho be le boikamahanyo tšebetsong ea likepe tsa tsona hona joale li tla be li le maemong a betere ho feta tse nkang nako e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea ho khutlisetsoa morao e le boemo ba tšohanyetso bo lokelang ho laoloa ka matla.
Ho Fetola Tšitiso Monyetla oa Tlholisano
Ho na le taba e hlokomolohuoang hangata mabapi le hore na likhoebo li arabela joang litšitisong tsa indasteri ka bophara joalo ka ho hopola likoloi tsa batho ba bangata: lik'hamphani tse sebetsanang le tsona hantle ha li qobe tahlehelo feela - li hlahisa molemo o bonahalang ho feta bahlolisani ba khoptjoang.
Ha ho hopola ho ama sehlopha sohle sa likoloi tsa khoebo - literaka tsa F-Series ke likoloi tse sebelisoang ka ho fetisisa tsa khoebo tsa mabone Amerika Leboea - khoebo e 'ngoe le e' ngoe indastering e ameha ka nako e le 'ngoe. Khampani ea ho lokisa litša, rakonteraka oa kaho, tšebeletso ea phano, tšebetso ea tšebeletso ea tšimo. Tikolohong eo, lebelo la ts'ebetso le bohlokoa. Likhoebo tse khethollang likoloi tse anngoeng ke nako ka mor'a lihora tse seng kae, tse etsang kemiso ea barekisi nakong ea matsatsi a seng makae, le ho boloka litšebeletso tse sa sitisoeng ke nako ka nako ea ho khutlisa li hlaha li na le botumo bo botle ho feta bahlolisani ba ntseng ba hlophisa hore na ke literaka life tse amehang libeke tse peli hamorao.
Ena ke tlhahiso e sa ananelweng ya boleng bo tlase ba taolo e kopaneng ya dikepe: ha se feela ho laola ditjeho kapa ho dula o ipapisitse le melao. E mabapi le ho aha botsitso ba ts'ebetso e lumellang khoebo ho monya tsitsipano ea indasteri le ho tsoela pele ho fana ka thepa ha ba bang ba sa khone. Liindastering tsa lits'ebeletso moo ho ts'epahala e leng khetho ea mantlha, ho tiea hoo ke letlotlo la tlholisano e tobileng.
Seo Baokameli ba Likepe ba Lokelang ho se Etsa Hona Joale
Haeba khoebo ea hau e sebelisa literaka tsa Ford F-Series, Explorers, Edges, kapa likoloi tse ling tse ka 'nang tsa koaheloa ke memori ena, mehato ea hang-hang e hlakile. Etela sebaka sa marang-rang sa NHTSA 'me u tsamaise VIN e' ngoe le e 'ngoe ea likepe tsa hau ka sesebelisoa sa bona sa ho hopola. Ngola liphetho. Etsa nako ea ho hira barekisi bakeng sa likoloi tsohle tse amehileng 'me u ngole linako tseo ho tsamaiso ea hau ea likepe. Ka bokhutšoanyane bakhanni ba hau. Nchafatsa mofani oa inshorense haeba ho hlokahala ho ea ka lipehelo tsa pholisi ea hau.
Joale, hang ha mollo o tima, sheba ka thata litsamaiso tseo u li sebelisang ho laola likepe tsa hau. Haeba registry ea hau ea VIN e lula ka har'a spreadsheet, haeba tlhokomelo ea ho hopola e itšetlehile ka motho ea hopolang ho hlahloba litaba, haeba puisano ea mokhanni nakong ea litšitiso e itšetlehile ka mehala ea thelefono le likhoele tsa mongolo - ke likheo tse tla u lefella sehopotsong se latelang. Le e mong ka mor'a moo.
Sehopotso sa Ford ke khopotso ea hore lefats'eng le hlalosoang ke software, botsitso ba ts'ebetso ha bo a hahoa ka lebenkeleng - bo hahiloe ka har'a litsamaiso tseo u li sebelisang ho tsamaisa khoebo ea hau letsatsi le letsatsi. Likhoebo tse utloisisang thuto eo hona joale e tla ba tsona tse fetolang tšitiso e latelang ea indasteri tlhōlo e khutsitseng ea tlholisano, ha bahlolisani ba bona ba ntse ba tsitlallela ho bala literaka tsa bona.
Lipotso Tse Botsoang Hangata
Hantle-ntle bothata ba software bo entseng hore Ford e hopole ke eng?
Ho hopola ho kenyelletsa sekoli ho li-module tsa taolo ea elektroniki tsa Ford tseo, tlas'a maemo a ikhethileng, li ka senyang litsamaiso tsa polokeho ea bakhanni. Ho ba kotsing ha software ha ho bake ho hloleha ha metjhini hanghang, empa ho baka kotsi eo Ford e ileng ea bona e tebile hoo e ka hlokang ho lokisoa likoloing tse ka bang limilione tse 4, ho kenyeletsoa literaka tse tsebahalang tsa F-Series le mefuta e mengata ea SUV e rekisitsoeng lilemong tsa morao tjena.
Beng ba likhoebo ba lokela ho etsa joang haeba likoloi tsa bona e le karolo ea sehopotso see?
Qala ka ho sheba di-VIN tsa hao kgahlanong le polokelongtshedimosetso ya NHTSA ho nhtsa.gov. Ikopanye le morekisi oa hau oa Ford ho hlophisa ntlafatso ea software ea mahala, 'me u ngole lirekoto tsohle tsa lits'ebeletso ka hloko. Beng ba likhoebo ba tsamaisang likepe ka sethala se bohareng joalo ka Mewayz - OS ea khoebo ea 207-module e fumanehang ho app.mewayz.com bakeng sa $ 19/mo - e ka sebelisa lisebelisoa tsa eona tsa ts'ebetso ho latela mananeo a tlhokomelo ea koloi le ho fokotsa nako ea ho theoha nakong ea ts'ebetso ea ho hopola.
Na memori ea software e ama ts'ireletso ea likepe tsa ka kapa boikarabello?
Khopotso e fanoeng ke 'muso hangata ha e hlakole inshorense ea hau, empa ho tsoela pele ho sebelisa likoloi tse khutlisitsoeng ntle le ho tlatsa tharollo e hlokahalang ho ka ba thatafatsa likopo tsa melato haeba ketsahalo e etsahala. Li-insurers li ka 'na tsa pheha khang ea ho se tsotelle haeba u khanna likoloi tse tšoailoeng ka boomo. Ikopanye le mohiri oa hau oa inshorense hang-hang, ngola mehato ea hau ea ho hopola, 'me u boloke litiisetso tsohle tsa tokiso ea barekisi e le karolo ea lirekoto tsa hau tsa ho latela melao.
Beng ba dikgwebo tse nyane ba ka itšireletsa jwang ho tshitiso ya dikepe nakong e tlang?
Ke tsona tsa bohlokoa ho laola likepe le ts'ebetso. Ho lula ka holim'a litlhokomeliso tsa ho hopola, lipotoloho tsa tlhokomelo, le lipuisano tsa barekisi ho hloka lisebelisoa tse bohareng ba likhoebo tse nyane tse haelloang ke tsona. Lipolanete tse kang Mewayz (app.mewayz.com, $19/mo) li fana ka OS ea khoebo ea 207-module e thusang beng ba thepa ho hokahanya thepa, ho lata thepa, le ho laola ts'ebetso ho tsoa ho dashboard e le 'ngoe - ho fokotsa moferefere o ka bakang litšitiso tse makatsang joalo ka ha Ford e hopola.
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