Ford Motor Company: Seat Belts › Pretensioner
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 11, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 490,574. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2017-2019 F-Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 SuperCrew Cab vehicles with carpet flooring. If a front seat belt pretensioner deploys as the result of a crash, the sparks may ignite materials such as carpeting or insulation within the B-pillar area.
The risk
A vehicle fire could result if materials ignite inside the vehicle.
The remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will apply heat resistant tape to the carpet and its insulation, and modify the B-Pillar insulation as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin January 20, 2020. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S52.
12 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Ford F-250 SD | 1,165 | 12 | 11 | 16 |
| 2019 Ford F-350 SD | 467 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 Ford F-450 SD | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Ford F-550 SD | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 Ford F-250 SD | 400 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| 2018 Ford F-350 SD | 205 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 Ford F-450 SD | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Ford F-550 SD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Ford F-250 SD | 1,155 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| 2017 Ford F-350 SD | 575 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 Ford F-450 SD | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Ford F-550 SD | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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 19V880000.
Full record for the 2019 Ford F-250 SD → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →