Recall · 23V198000
Ford Motor recalled 2 models over child seat
19
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
March 24, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
CHILD SEAT:VEHICLE TETHER ANCHOR
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023 Edge and Lincoln Nautilus vehicles. The child seat tether wire welds on the second-row left-side seat back frame may be insufficient, which can reduce the seat's ability to properly restrain a child during a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage Systems."
- What it can cause
- A child that is not properly restrained during a crash can have an increased risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the left-side second-row seat back frame, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 11, 2023. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 23C09.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| FordEdge | 2023 | 2023 |
| LincolnNautilus | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 19 vehicles this is a small campaign: 87% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the child seat 2 times before this, most recently in October 2000 as 00V304000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 28 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 26V124000 (back over prevention), 25V315000 (back over prevention), 23V596000 (exterior lighting), 23V439000 (suspension).
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 March 24, 2023 as campaign 23V198000. 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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