NHTSA Campaign 11V049000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
NHTSA campaign 11V049000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the structure: body: door. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 11V049000 with NHTSA on February 1, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V049000, NHTSA lists up to 280,946 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 18, 2008 and November 30, 2009.
The 11V049000 report reached NHTSA 14 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V049000 were scheduled from February 10, 2011, 9 days after the report.
11V049000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2009.
Owners of the model years 11V049000 covers have filed at least 34 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V049000 ranks 38 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 11V049000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the structure on this site; the one before 11V049000 was 11V030000, reported on January 26, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 F-150 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 18, 2008, THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 2009. THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HOUSING EMBOSSMENT RETAINING THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE SPRING MAY FRACTURE DURING NORMAL USAGE RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT SPRING FORCE TO RETURN THE HANDLE TO THE FULLY STOWED POSITION.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A SIDE IMPACT CRASH, THE DOOR HANDLE SPRING CAN FAIL CAUSING THE DOOR LATCH TO OPEN.
- The fix
- OWNERS WILL BE INITIALLY NOTIFIED AND INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO A FORD OR LINCOLN/MERCURY DEALER IF ANY INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE IS LOOSE OR FAILS TO RETURN TO THE STOWED POSITION AFTER ACTIVATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE AFFECT MODULE. ONCE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE, OWNERS WILL BE RENOTIFIED AND INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO A FORD OR LINCOLN/MERCURY DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF EACH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION, THE DEALER WILL EITHER ADD A SPRING EMBOSSMENT REINFORCEMENT OR REPLACE THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 10, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- FORD'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11S15.
Reported February 1, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V049000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V049000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 1, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted