NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Ford C-Max Recalls
The 2013 Ford C-Max has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 10, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Ford C-Max. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 187
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2013 Ford C-Max, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2013 Ford C-Max
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 22V413000
- Reported
- June 10, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,925,968
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 C-Max, 4 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 20V331000
- Reported
- June 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,147,323
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 C-Max, 8 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 18V592000
- Reported
- September 10, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 49,197
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 C-Max, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 16V643000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,046,297
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 C-Max, 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V597000
- Reported
- September 26, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 746,842
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 C-Max, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 14V237000
- Reported
- May 7, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 594,785
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 C-Max, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 14V164000
- Reported
- April 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,135
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2014 C-Max, 3 other models
Electrical system: ignition: anti-theft: control module
- Campaign
- 13V475000
- Reported
- October 17, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,000
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Ford C-Max
2013 Ford C-Max complaints by year
NHTSA has received 187 owner complaints about the 2013 Ford C-Max, the newest on April 7, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Ford C-Max, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the steering (21%) and the power train (20%).
1 of the 2013 Ford C-Max's 8 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Ford C-Max owners gave the mileage (119 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System51
- Steering39
- Power Train37
- Unknown Or Other26
- Engine16
- Structure13
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 31 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2013 Ford C-Max peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 31. 16% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
The 187 complaints about the 2013 Ford C-Max are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford C-Max by model year
Other 2013 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted