Ford Motor Company: Seats
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 7, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 196,667. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Ford is recalling certain model year 2004-2007 Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles manufactured from March 24, 2003, through November 7, 2006, equipped with a third row seat and originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The third row stowable seat can experience corrosion and structural degradation at the seat anchor mechanism mounted to the rear wheel wells. As a result of the corrosion, the third row seat may not fully latch into its seating position.
The risk
In the event that the vehicle is crashed into from the rear, an unlatched seat may increase the risk of personal injury.
The remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install new third row seat latch striker mounting brackets, free of charge. The recall began on March 28, 2013. Owners may contact Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center at 1-866-436-7332.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Ford Freestar | 64 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 Mercury Monterey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Ford Freestar | 356 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 Mercury Monterey | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 Ford Freestar | 886 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 Mercury Monterey | 119 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 Ford Freestar | 1,227 | 5 | 14 | 16 |
| 2004 Mercury Monterey | 283 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13V081000.
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