NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Ford C-Max Recalls
The 2014 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 2014 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
- 80
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
On a 2014 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 2014 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 2013, 2015–2017 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 2013, 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 2013, 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 2013, 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 2013 C-Max, 3 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 14V514000
- Reported
- August 22, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 508
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2013 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 2013 C-Max, 3 other models
2014 Ford C-Max complaints by year
NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2014 Ford C-Max, the newest on July 28, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Ford C-Max, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the power train (23%) and the steering (18%).
1 of the 2014 Ford C-Max's 8 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2014 Ford C-Max owners gave the mileage (40 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System20
- Unknown Or Other19
- Power Train18
- Steering14
- Latches/Locks/Linkages9
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2014 Ford C-Max peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 15. 23% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
The 80 complaints about the 2014 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 2014 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted