NHTSA Campaign 14V710000
SEATS
NHTSA campaign 14V710000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seats. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 14V710000 with NHTSA on November 7, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V710000, NHTSA lists up to 113,418 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 2014 and May 31, 2014.
The 14V710000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V710000 were scheduled from November 25, 2014, 18 days after the report.
14V710000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2014.
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V710000 ranks 151 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 14V710000, Ford Motor Company has 21 other recalls on the seats on this site; the one before 14V710000 was 14V164000, reported on April 2, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2014 Ford F-150 and Flex vehicles manufactured March 1, 2014, to May 31, 2014. The affected vehicles were manufactured with a reduced clearance between the seat frame and the seat track assembly. This can cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) to inaccurately register passenger weight and improperly suppress the passenger front airbag when the passenger seat is occupied by an adult passenger. Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- The risk
- Improper suppression of the passenger airbag increases the risk of an injury to the seat occupant in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front passenger airbag.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will widen the gap between the seat frame and seat track assembly and recalibrate the seat OCS, free of charge. The recall began November 25, 2014. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 14C10.
Reported November 7, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V710000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V710000, 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 7, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted