Recall Information

Description

Your vehicle may have been produced with loose or missing second row left-hand or right-hand seat belt retractor anchor bolts to the floor.

Safety Risk

An improperly secured seat belt retractor may inadequately restrain an occupant in a crash, increasing the risk of injury. You may also notice a rattle noise caused by a lower anchor that is not properly secured.

Remedy

Parts are available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect, torque andor install the left-hand andor right-hand second row seat belt retractor floor bolts free of charge.

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Description

On your vehicle, the cylinder head may have a loose ball plug or ball plugs. This condition may result in a rapid oil leak if a ball plug comes out of the cylinder head.

Safety Risk

An oil leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as a hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire. In addition, the loss of oil can result in loss of motive power, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the engine cylinder head free of charge

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Description

On your vehicle, some of the bolts used to attach the vehicle trailer tow hitch may have below-specification torque.

Safety Risk

This condition may affect vehicle handling characteristics or lead to loss of attachment of the trailer hitch while towing, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect and secure or replace the trailer tow hitch bolts as required free of charge.

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Description

On your vehicle, some of the bolts used to attach the vehicle trailer tow hitch may have below-specification torque.

Safety Risk

This condition may affect vehicle handling characteristics or lead to loss of attachment of the trailer hitch while towing, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company Lincoln has authorized your dealer retailer to inspect and secure or replace the trailer tow hitch bolts as required free of charge.

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Description

On your vehicle, it may be possible that there are gaps in the urethane used to attach the windshield to the vehicle.

Safety Risk

The windshield may not stay adequately retained in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury resulting from the crash. Affected vehicles may also exhibit increased wind noise andor water leaks.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the windshield free of charge.

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Description

On your vehicle, the right hand side adaptive front lighting feature may not operate correctly during turns.

Safety Risk

This may result in causing increased glare to other road users when driving and turning the steering wheel.

Remedy

Software is available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has released software for 26C12. Your vehicle is capable of Ford software updates. When automatic updates are turned on standard from the factory, the software will be downloaded to your vehicle over a private wi-fi network or through your vehicles modem through the cellular network. Before the software installs you will have to schedule a day and time when you will not need the vehicle for up to 30 minutes while the installation completes. Note refer to ford.comsupport for further information on your Ford software updates system. Should the software fail to load or install properly, Ford has authorized your dealer to install 26C12 software free of charge under the terms of this program.

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Description

On affected vehicles, visible air bubbles may form in the laminate layer of the windshield when it is exposed to heatsunlight.

Safety Risk

This condition may result in visibility impairment for the driver, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect your windshield for the presence of the air bubble condition and replace it if the condition is present, free of charge.

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Description

On your vehicles engine, one or more of the clips that retain the engines pistons to their connecting rods may be mis-installed or missing.

Safety Risk

A mis-installed clip may result in an audible knocking noise that increases over time. Progression of this issue can lead to piston failure and engine damage, resulting in a loss of motive power and increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Parts are available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect your vehicles engine for evidence of mis-installedmissing clips. If found, the engine long block assembly will be replaced free of charge.

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