NHTSA Campaign 12V488000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 12V488000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 12V488000 with NHTSA on October 5, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V488000, NHTSA lists up to 154,471 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 3, 2009 and September 21, 2012.
Owner notification letters for 12V488000 were scheduled from October 26, 2012, 21 days after the report.
12V488000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2011–2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V488000 ranks 130 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 12V488000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Fiesta vehicles, manufactured from November 3, 2009 through September 21, 2012. The vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection." The passenger side curtain air bag will not deploy in the event of a side impact collision when the front passenger seat is empty. Although the side curtain air bag system was designed to suppress the side curtain air bag under this scenario, that information is not explained in the owner's guide for these vehicles as required by FMVSS No. 208.
- The risk
- An occupant in the right rear seating position will not have coverage from the side curtain air bag in a side impact collision when the front passenger seat is empty, increasing the risk of injury to the right rear occupant.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners and dealers will reprogram the vehicle's software free of charge so that it no longer suppresses the passenger side curtain air bag when the front passenger seat is empty, and consistent with the description in the owner's guide. The safety recall began on October 26, 2012. Owner's may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- Ford's recall campaign number is 12C26.
Reported October 5, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V488000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V488000, 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: October 5, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted