NHTSA Campaign 13V081000
SEATS
NHTSA campaign 13V081000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seats. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 13V081000 with NHTSA on March 7, 2013; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 13V081000, NHTSA lists up to 196,667 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 24, 2003 and November 7, 2006.
The 13V081000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V081000 were scheduled from March 28, 2013, 21 days after the report.
13V081000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2004–2007.
Owners of the model years 13V081000 covers have filed at least 117 complaints naming the seats, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V081000 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Freestar has the most (86).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V081000 ranks 110 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 13V081000, Ford Motor Company has 21 other recalls on the seats on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford is recalling certain model year 2004-2007 Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles manufactured from March 24, 2003, through November 7, 2006, equipped with a third row seat and originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The third row stowable seat can experience corrosion and structural degradation at the seat anchor mechanism mounted to the rear wheel wells. As a result of the corrosion, the third row seat may not fully latch into its seating position.
- The risk
- In the event that the vehicle is crashed into from the rear, an unlatched seat may increase the risk of personal injury.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install new third row seat latch striker mounting brackets, free of charge. The recall began on March 28, 2013. Owners may contact Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center at 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- Ford's recall campaign number is 13S01.
Reported March 7, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V081000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V081000, 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: March 7, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted