NHTSA Campaign 12V551000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 12V551000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 12V551000 with NHTSA on December 3, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V551000, NHTSA lists up to 80,057 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 5, 2011 and November 26, 2012.
Owner notification letters for 12V551000 were scheduled from December 7, 2012, 4 days after the report.
12V551000 covers 2 models from Ford, model years 2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V551000 ranks 174 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 12V551000, Ford Motor Company has 16 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- This is an update to a recently announced recall. Ford is recalling certain model year 2013 Escape vehicles manufactured from October 5, 2011, through November 26, 2012, equipped with 1.6L engines, as well as certain model year 2013 Fusion vehicles manufactured from February 3, 2012, through November 29, 2012, equipped with 1.6L engines. Coolant system leaks may cause the engines to overheat and leak flammable engine fluids.
- The risk
- If flammable engine fluids come in contact with the vehicles hot exhaust system, a vehicle fire could occur.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine for coolant system leaks and reprogram the vehicles powertrain control module and instrument cluster with an updated calibration and overheat strategy software. There will be no charge to owners for this service. Owners were recently notified to contact dealers to arrange for alternative transportation as Ford developed a remedy. Owners will be shortly receiving notifications to contact Ford dealers to schedule the free remedy repair. Owners may contact Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center at 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- Ford's recall campaign number is 12S41.
Reported December 3, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V551000 (2)
Ford (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V551000, 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 3, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted