NHTSA Campaign 18V275000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NHTSA campaign 18V275000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 18V275000 with NHTSA on April 30, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V275000, NHTSA lists up to 25,658 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 3, 2014 and August 2, 2017.
The 18V275000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V275000 were scheduled from May 18, 2018, 18 days after the report.
18V275000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2015–2017.
Owners of the model years 18V275000 covers have filed at least 43 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V275000 vehicles, the 2015 Ford Transit has the most (19).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V275000 ranks 241 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 18V275000, Ford Motor Company has 55 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 18V275000 was 18V141000, reported on March 1, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Ford Transit vehicles, equipped with a trailer tow module. Water can enter the tow modules and corrode the wiring causing issues such as rapidly flashing turn signals, loss of instrument panel display, an electrical short and possibly the deployment of seatbelt pretensioner.
- The risk
- An electrical short can increase the risk of a fire. Turn signal, instrument cluster or seatbelt pretensioner problems can increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will add a drainage hole in the driver's door stepwell and incorporate a fuse into the vehicle's wiring harness, free of charge. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Note: This is an expansion of recall 17V-668 (Ford recall 17S34). Ford's number for this recall expansion is 17S34-S1.
Reported April 30, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V275000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V275000, 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: April 30, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted