Ford Motor Company: Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on May 22, 2017 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 14,410. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2017 F-150, and 2017 F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 vehicles originally produced with black or body colored exterior door handles that may have been subsequently equipped with a chrome exterior door handle cover accessory kit purchased from a Ford dealer. These accessory door handle covers may cause the doors to unlatch in a side impact collision. As such, these vehicles may fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 206, "Door Locks and Door Retention Components."
The risk
If the doors unlatch and open in a side impact collision, the occupants have an increased risk of injury.
The remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will remove the accessory covers and refund the purchase price. The recall began July 13, 2017. Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for the recall is 17C09.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Ford F-150 | 1,465 | 18 | 21 | 42 |
| 2017 Ford F-450 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 Ford F-550 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 Ford Redundant F-250 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Ford Redundant F-350 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Ford F-150 | 2,093 | 14 | 25 | 58 |
| 2015 Ford F-150 | 1,746 | 14 | 13 | 50 |
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 17V331000.
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