NHTSA Campaign 15V406000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
NHTSA campaign 15V406000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 15V406000 with NHTSA on June 24, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V406000, NHTSA lists up to 184,519 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 19, 2014 and February 6, 2015.
The 15V406000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V406000 were scheduled from August 4, 2015, 41 days after the report.
15V406000 covers 2 models from Ford, model years 2014–2015.
Owners of the model years 15V406000 covers have filed at least 369 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V406000 vehicles, the 2014 Ford Escape has the most (216).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V406000 ranks 119 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 15V406000, Ford Motor Company has 55 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 15V406000 was 15V172000, reported on March 24, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Ford Escape vehicles manufactured May 19, 2014, to February 6, 2015, and Transit Connect vehicles manufactured May 11, 2014, to July 2, 2015. Due to a software incompatibility issue, the instrument panel cluster be inoperative including a blank multiple functional display (MFD), and non-functional warning chimes, messages and warning lights. Specific warning chimes, messages and warning lights. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 101, "Control and Displays."
- The risk
- If the instrument cluster is inoperative, the driver of may not be warned of safety related issues such as low tire pressures or disabled air bags, increasing the risk of personal injury or a crash.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument panel software, free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2015. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 15C03.
Reported June 24, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V406000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V406000, 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: June 24, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted