Recall · 23V847000
Ford Motor recalled 6 models over steering
17,970
Vehicles covered
6
Models
6
Model years
December 15, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:COLUMN
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023 F-150 and Ford SD F250, F350, F450, F550, and F600 vehicles. The steering wheel clock spring may have an insufficient weld, causing a loss of electrical connection to the driver's frontal air bag.
- What it can cause
- A deactivated air bag will not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the clock spring as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 3, 2024. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 17,970 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 83% 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, 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 steering 34 times before this, most recently in May 2023 as 23V344000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 488 complaints with NHTSA, 23 of them before this campaign was filed. 24 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 25 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V578000 (fuel system, gasoline), 26V489000 (back over prevention), 26V204000 (visibility), 26V104000 (electrical system).
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 December 15, 2023 as campaign 23V847000. 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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