NHTSA Campaign 24V597000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NHTSA campaign 24V597000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the visibility: power window devices and controls. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 24V597000 with NHTSA on August 9, 2024; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 24V597000, NHTSA lists up to 70,483 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 9, 2022 and July 15, 2024.
The 24V597000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 24V597000 were scheduled from September 13, 2024, 35 days after the report.
24V597000 covers 1 model from Lincoln, model years 2024.
Owners of the model years 24V597000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the visibility, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 24V597000 ranks 182 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 24V597000, Ford Motor Company has 31 other recalls on the visibility on this site; the one before 24V597000 was 24V294000, reported on April 26, 2024.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024 Ranger and 2024 Lincoln Nautilus vehicles. When closing the windows with the global closing feature, the windows may not automatically reverse after detecting an object. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 118, "Power-Operated Window Systems."
- The risk
- A closing window may exert excessive force by pinching a driver or passenger before retracting, increasing the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Dealers will update the driver door module (DDM) and the passenger door module (PDM) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 13, 2024. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 24C24.
Reported August 9, 2024
Vehicles covered by 24V597000 (1)
Lincoln (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 24V597000, 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 9, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted