NHTSA Campaign 13V594000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 13V594000 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 13V594000 with NHTSA on November 25, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V594000, NHTSA lists up to 7,153 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 26, 2012 and September 24, 2013.
The 13V594000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V594000 were scheduled from January 9, 2014, 45 days after the report.
13V594000 covers 1 model from Lincoln, model years 2013–2014.
Owners of the model years 13V594000 covers have filed at least 24 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V594000 vehicles, the 2013 Lincoln MKZ has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V594000 ranks 310 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 13V594000, Ford Motor Company has 76 other recalls on the power train on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid vehicles manufactured April 26, 2012, through September 24, 2013. Due to a manufacturing error, the transmission range sensor may not function properly allowing the affected vehicles to be shifted out of the Park position without first applying the brake pedal. Thus, these vehicles fail to conform with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 114, "Theft Protection."
- The risk
- Without requiring the brake to be pressed, the vehicle may be unintentionally shifted out of Park, allowing it to roll which may result in a crash.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with new software, free of charge. The recall began on January 2014. Customers may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 13C09.
Reported November 25, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V594000 (2)
Lincoln (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V594000, 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: November 25, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted