NHTSA Campaign 17V331000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
NHTSA campaign 17V331000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 17V331000 with NHTSA on May 22, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V331000, NHTSA lists up to 14,410 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 18, 2014 and April 1, 2017.
The 17V331000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V331000 were scheduled from July 13, 2017, 52 days after the report.
17V331000 covers 3 models from Ford, model years 2016–2017.
Owners of the model years 17V331000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the latches/locks/linkages, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V331000 vehicles, the 2017 Ford F-450 has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V331000 ranks 277 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 17V331000, Ford Motor Company has 19 other recalls on the latches/locks/linkages on this site; the one before 17V331000 was 17V210000, reported on March 27, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2017 F-150, and 2017 F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 vehicles originally produced with black or body colored exterior door handles that may have been subsequently equipped with a chrome exterior door handle cover accessory kit purchased from a Ford dealer. These accessory door handle covers may cause the doors to unlatch in a side impact collision. As such, these vehicles may 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 doors unlatch and open in a side impact collision, the occupants have an increased risk of injury.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will remove the accessory covers and refund the purchase price. The recall began July 13, 2017. Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for the recall is 17C09.
Reported May 22, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V331000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V331000, 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: May 22, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted