NHTSA Campaign 23V506000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
NHTSA campaign 23V506000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 23V506000 with NHTSA on July 21, 2023; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 23V506000, NHTSA lists up to 38,695 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 23V506000 were scheduled from December 4, 2023, 136 days after the report.
23V506000 covers 3 models from Ford, model years 2023.
Owners of the model years 23V506000 covers have filed at least 42 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 23V506000 vehicles, the 2023 Ford Escape has the most (41).
By potentially affected vehicles, 23V506000 ranks 216 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 23V506000, Ford Motor Company has 55 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 23V506000 was 23V440000, reported on June 23, 2023.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023 Escape, Super Duty F-250, Super Duty F-350, Super Duty F-450, and Super Duty F-550 vehicles equipped with a digital instrument panel cluster. The module may have been improperly soldered, preventing the instrument panel from illuminating. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 101, "Control and Displays."
- The risk
- An inoperable instrument panel cannot show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, which may increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Dealers will replace the module or instrument panel as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on November 4, 2023. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 23C25.
Reported July 21, 2023
Vehicles covered by 23V506000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 23V506000, 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: July 21, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted