NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford C-Max Recalls
The 2016 Ford C-Max has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ford C-Max. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 24
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Ford C-Max, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Ford C-Max
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V695000
- Reported
- October 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,448,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 C-Max, 9 other models
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
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 17V052000
- Reported
- January 24, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2016 Ford C-Max complaints by year
NHTSA has received 24 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford C-Max, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford C-Max, the component group named most often is the back over prevention (29%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the power train (8%).
1 of the 2016 Ford C-Max's 3 recalls also concerns the back over prevention.
Where 2016 Ford C-Max owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 32,480 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Back Over Prevention7
- Unknown Or Other6
- Electrical System3
- Power Train2
- Service Brakes2
- Visibility/Wiper2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford C-Max peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 5. 38% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 24 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted