NHTSA Campaign 17V669000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
NHTSA campaign 17V669000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 17V669000 with NHTSA on October 23, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V669000, NHTSA lists up to 12,429 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 12, 2017 and October 9, 2017.
Owner notification letters for 17V669000 were scheduled from December 5, 2017, 43 days after the report.
17V669000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2018.
Owners of the model years 17V669000 covers have filed at least 1,017 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V669000 ranks 284 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 17V669000, Ford Motor Company has 76 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 17V669000 was 17V427000, reported on July 6, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018 F-150 vehicles equipped with a 3.3L engine, a 6-speed transmission and a column mounted shift lever. Quickly moving the shift lever from Park to Drive may cause a loss of gear indication on the instrument cluster display and a momentary selection of an unintended gear, such as Reverse or Neutral before the vehicle achieves Drive function.
- The risk
- Unidentified or unintended gear selection may cause the vehicle to move in a way that was not intended by the driver, increasing the risk of crash or injury.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the powertrain control module, free of charge. Owners may contact Ford Customer Service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 17S35.
Reported October 23, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V669000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V669000, 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: October 23, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted