Recall Information

Description

On your vehicle, the driver and/or front passenger seatbelt pretensioner initiators could contain an improper generant mix ratio that may prevent the seat belt pretensioners from deploying in the event of a crash.

Safety Risk

In the event of a crash of sufficient severity, the front seatbelt pretensioners may not deploy as intended, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicles. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect and if necessary, replace the driver and/or front passenger seatbelt assembly free of charge (parts and labor).

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Description

Your vehicle was previously repaired under safety recall 15S16 or 16S30. During that repair, your vehicles door latches were to be replaced to help reduce the risk of doors not closing or doors opening while driving. It is possible that one or more of your door latches was not replaced or may not have been replaced correctly.

Safety Risk

If a door latch was not replaced, there is still a risk that the pawl spring tab inside the door latch could break. This condition will typically prevent the door from latching. In certain situations, where the door is able to be closed, the door may unlatch while driving, increasing the risk of injury

Remedy

The door latch date codes in your vehicle need to be inspected to verify that the previous door latch recall repair was completed as intended. For your convenience and to encourage the continued social distancing requirements by many state and local governments related to COVID-19, Ford is providing you with the option to complete this simple inspection yourself using the attached self-inspection sheet. By utilizing this option, you should not need to take your vehicle to your dealer unless your vehicle is exhibiting door latching concerns door will not latch or opens while driving. In the unlikely event that the system cannot confirm the latches on your vehicle based on your input, or if your vehicle is exhibiting door latching concerns, you will need to take your vehicle to your dealership for additional inspection and/or repairs. If you do not wish to complete this inspection yourself, your dealer will inspect your vehicle for you

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Description

A door latch with a fractured pawl spring tab typically results in a "door will not close" condition. A door that opens while driving increases the risk of injury. As of 9/2/16, ford's investigation into this concern has identified a total of one alleged accident and three alleged injuries that Ford believes may be related. One alleged injury was to an occupant's arm from a door that reportedly opened and bounced back. Another injury involved a driver who alleged her hand was injured when trying to grab a door that opened. The third injury was to an occupant who allegedly received scratches from a rear door that opened while driving. Ford has no further information relating to these reports. The alleged accident occurred after the driver's door reportedly opened in a parking lot and resulted in bumper damage, but Ford has no additional information.

Safety Risk

A door latch with a fractured pawl spring tab typically results in a "door will not close" condition. A door that opens while driving increases the risk of injury.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the side door latches free of charge parts and labor.

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Description

Certain brake hydraulic control units may contain metallic debris, which could reduce pump performance and affect electronic stability control (esc), resulting in a potential non-compliance with fmvss 126, section S7.9, and related systems. Ford is not aware of any reports of accident or injury related to this condition.

Safety Risk

A driver may experience degraded performance of electronic stability control and related brake systems without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace your vehicles hcu free of charge parts and labor.

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Description

On your vehicle, significant portions of the windshield may be inadequately adhered to the vehicle.

Safety Risk

An inadequately adhered windshield may not stay retained in a crash increasing the risk of injury. Affected vehicles could experience increased wind noise, water leaks or looseness of the windshield glass.

Remedy

Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to reseal the windshield free of charge parts and labor.

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Description

On your vehicle, it may be possible the transmission shifter cable bushing is damaged or missing.

Safety Risk

A damaged or missing bushing could prevent the shifter from moving the transmission into the intended gear position and cause the vehicle to move in an unexpected direction. The transmission may not be in the park position, even though the shifter position indicates that the vehicle was shifted to park. Exiting a vehicle without the transmission in the park position and without the application of the parking brake may allow the vehicle to roll, increasing the risk of injury or crash.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the shifter cable bushing and protective cap free of charge parts and labor.

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Description

On your vehicle, the rear view camera could display a blank or distorted image on the center display screen when the vehicle is in reverse. You may also receive a message that the rear view camera is unavailable on the center display screen.

Safety Risk

A rear view camera that displays a blank or distorted image while in reverse can reduce or distort the drivers view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Parts are available to repair your vehicle, if needed. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect the rear view camera operation and replace the camera, if necessary, free of charge.

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Description

On your vehicle, the bushing in the transmission shifter cable may degrade over time. This may prevent the transmission shifter from moving the transmission to the intended gear position.

Safety Risk

If the driver attempts to shift to park in this condition, the transmission may not be in the park position even though the shifter position indicates the vehicle is in park. The driver can turn the vehicle off and exit the vehicle with no instrument panel warning or warning chime indicating the vehicle is not secured in park. This could result in unintended vehicle movement, increasing the risk of injury or crash.

Remedy

Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the transmission shifter cable bushing and install a protective service cap free of charge parts and labor.

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Description

On your vehicle, the panoramic roof glass panel may not be properly bonded to the vehicle, which may result in wind noise, water leaks, and in some cases, separation from the vehicle.

Safety Risk

This may result in separation of the entire panoramic roof panel from the vehicle while driving increasing the risk of a crash or injury.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicles. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to remove, clean, and reinstall the panoramic roof glass free of charge (parts and labor).

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Campaign:

16E04

Description

Fuel filler pipe label correction

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