- Vehicles
- 14,410
- Built between
- Mar 2014 – Apr 2017
- Models
- 5
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 13 July 2017
- Repaired
- 32%
- Unrepaired
- 9,546
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2014 and April 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2015-2017 Ford F-150Built March 2014 to April 2017
- 2017 Ford F-450Built October 2015 to April 2017
- 2017 Ford F-550Built October 2015 to April 2017
- 2017 Ford redundant F-250Built October 2015 to April 2017
- 2017 Ford redundant F-350Built October 2015 to April 2017
Repair progress
9,546 of 14,410 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2018.
32% repaired — 4,644 of 14,410 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 219
- Scrapped or exported
- 1
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
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."
What could happen
If the doors unlatch and open in a side impact collision, the occupants have an increased risk of injury.
What gets fixed
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will remove the accessory covers and refund the purchase price. The recall began July 13, 2017.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2014 to April 2017
- Recall reported to NHTSA22 May 2017
- Owners notified13 July 2017
- Latest repair reportQ4 2018 — 32% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 22 May 2017.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for the recall is 17C09.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 17C09
- Recalling manufacturer
- Ford Motor Company
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 206
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
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.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.