NHTSA Campaign 17V168000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
NHTSA campaign 17V168000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 17V168000 with NHTSA on March 13, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V168000, NHTSA lists up to 5,470 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 13, 2017 and January 31, 2017.
The 17V168000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V168000 were scheduled from April 14, 2017, 32 days after the report.
17V168000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2017.
Owners of the model years 17V168000 covers have filed at least 29 complaints naming the latches/locks/linkages, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V168000 ranks 326 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 17V168000, Ford Motor Company has 19 other recalls on the latches/locks/linkages on this site; the one before 17V168000 was 16V698000, reported on September 28, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2017 Ford Mustang vehicles. The return spring for the driver side interior door handle may come loose, allowing the driver's door to unlatch in a side impact crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 206, "Door Locks and Door Retention Components."
- The risk
- If the door unlatches in a crash it can increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driver-side interior door handle and repair the return spring, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 14, 2017. Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for the recall is 17C04.
Reported March 13, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V168000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V168000, 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: March 13, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted