Recall letter - PCM / DPF failures on 2L diesel engines - 24E06

Ford confirmed the impacted vehicles typically feature Euro-6 diesel engines, notorious for being more stringent with emissions standards.

So that will be MK5 Mondeos?

After reading around this issue it seems like Ford may not be communicating particularly effectively.

The wording in the letter is very simple and clear... the PCM software will be updated and if a DPF is cracked it will be replaced. It also is clear that DPF warranties are extended to 10 years / 100k miles. And if a DPF has already been replaced the owner can claim costs back from Ford.

It doesn't, however, state that the warranty is limited to DPF cracks caused specifically by the PCM issue, but feedback from some Kuga owners (who have already been invited for the PCM updates ahead of other models) is that Ford will only pay out for DPF claims if the root cause can be linked to the PCM issue. I've no idea how that could be proven... suggestion is that if a vehicle passes an emissions test at the time of the PCM update then Ford will consider the issue fully resolved and will refuse any future warranty claims. In my case the DPF has already cracked but diagnostic software indicated with was due to injectors reaching their adaption limits... could that have anything to do with the PCM, or is that a totally separate thing? I guess I will argue that the PCM fault would have contributed to the DPF failure even if there was another trigger.

I've seen some industry reports that say although Initial theories pointed to inadequate tuning of DPF regeneration, further investigation confirmed a design flaw as the root cause. I imagine Ford will struggle to demonstrate that a DPF failure was not at least in some way caused by this design flaw, even if there was another precipitating caused, but it feels like it could be a bit of a battle...

Yes, received a notification soon after purchasing a 2019 Focus Vignale 2.0l Ecoblue in February. Bought the pre-owned vehicle from a franchised Ford dealer with just 26,000 miles on the clock. The notification estimated the recall would be scheduled for late 2025, and I recently contacted my local Ford dealer to ask about progress on the matter. Amazingly they replied that they could schedule the recall my car for October 1st and apply the updated PCM software. I queried whether they would also check the DPF for cracks, and they confirmed that it would be part of the recall 24E06.