NHTSA Campaign 16V110000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 16V110000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 16V110000 with NHTSA on February 25, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V110000, NHTSA lists up to 2,894 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 27, 2015 and November 22, 2015.
The 16V110000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V110000 were scheduled from March 11, 2016, 15 days after the report.
16V110000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V110000 ranks 359 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 16V110000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V110000 was 16V036000, reported on January 25, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2016 F-150 trucks manufactured April 27, 2015, to November 22, 2015, and equipped with Multi-Contour Seats (MCS). The front passenger seat Occupant Classification System (OCS) that calibrates the air bag deployment level may incorrectly classify an adult as a child when the seat massage feature is activated.
- The risk
- If an adult is incorrectly classified as a child, the passenger frontal air bag will not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the Occupant Classification System Module (OCSM) with new software, free of charge. The recall began on March 11, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16S05.
Reported February 25, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V110000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V110000, 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: February 25, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted