Recall · 20V217000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Expedition over seat belts
1,355
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
April 16, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020 Expedition vehicles. The front passenger seatbelt buckle's Belt Tension Sensor (BTS) may malfunction and may result in the seat occupant being misclassified.
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash, the restraint system may not provide the intended level of protection, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger seatbelt buckle, free of charge. The recall began May 11, 2020. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 20S17.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FordExpedition | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 1,355 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 62% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2020, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 27 times before this, most recently in October 2019 as 19V766000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 397 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 31 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 16 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V402000 (power train), 26V368000 (structure), 26V344000 (seat belts), 25V628000 (engine).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Ford Motor Company with NHTSA on April 16, 2020 as campaign 20V217000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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