NHTSA Campaign 16V617000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NHTSA campaign 16V617000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the visibility: power window devices and controls. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 16V617000 with NHTSA on August 24, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V617000, NHTSA lists up to 17,985 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 5, 2015 and May 12, 2016.
The 16V617000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V617000 were scheduled from September 6, 2016, 13 days after the report.
16V617000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2017.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V617000 ranks 266 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 16V617000, Ford Motor Company has 31 other recalls on the visibility on this site; the one before 16V617000 was 14V484000, reported on August 6, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2017 Ford Escape Titanium and SE vehicles manufactured October 5, 2015, to May 12, 2016. The settings for the closing-force of the power-operated windows may allow the windows to close on an object such as a body part and injure it before the windows auto-reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 118, "Power-Operated Window Systems."
- The risk
- If a window closes on a body part, it can increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Ford has notified owners, and dealers will update the power window operating system software, free of charge. The recall began on September 6, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16C12.
Reported August 24, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V617000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V617000, 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: August 24, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted