NHTSA Campaign 11V582000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 11V582000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 11V582000 with NHTSA on December 8, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V582000, NHTSA lists up to 16,091 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 9, 2011 and September 22, 2011.
The 11V582000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V582000 were scheduled from December 22, 2011, 14 days after the report.
11V582000 covers 2 models from Ford, model years 2012.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V582000 ranks 108 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 11V582000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 11V582000 was 10V222000, reported on May 24, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 F-150 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2011, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, AND MODEL YEAR 2012 F-250, F-350, F-450 AND F-550 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 2011, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22, 2011. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NUMBER 114, THEFT PROTECTION. THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK SWITCH PROBLEM.
- The risk
- THIS WILL ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO INADVERTENTLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY TO A NEARBY PEDESTRIAN.
- The fix
- FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK SWITCH FUNCTION AND REPLACE THE SWITCH IF NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332.
Reported December 8, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V582000 (2)
Ford (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V582000, 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: December 8, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted