NHTSA Campaign 19V632000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 19V632000 covers 11 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: electric power assist system. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 19V632000 with NHTSA on August 29, 2019; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 19V632000, NHTSA lists up to 116,160 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 10, 2012 and June 28, 2015.
The 19V632000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 19V632000 were scheduled from October 18, 2019, 50 days after the report.
19V632000 covers 4 models from Ford and Lincoln, model years 2013–2016.
Owners of the model years 19V632000 covers have filed at least 1,220 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 19V632000 vehicles, the 2013 Ford Fusion has the most (389).
By potentially affected vehicles, 19V632000 ranks 148 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 19V632000, Ford Motor Company has 25 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 19V632000 was 18V167000, reported on March 12, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2013-2016 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2015-2016 Ford Edge, and 2016 Lincoln MKX vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Road salt or other contaminants may corrode the electric power steering gear motor attachment bolts.
- The risk
- If the bolts corrode, the steering gear motor may detach from the gear housing resulting in a loss of power steering assist, requiring a greater steering effort, especially at lower speeds, and increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gear motor bolts and apply a wax sealer. If any of the steering gear motor attachment bolts are broken or missing, a new steering gear will be installed in the vehicle. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began October 18, 2019. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S26.
Reported August 29, 2019
Vehicles covered by 19V632000 (11)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 19V632000, 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 29, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted