Ford Visibility: Fan/Motor

Ford is recalling about 17,965 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. An electrical short can increase the risk of a fire.

Campaign
19V726000
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Reported
10 October 2019
Vehicles
17,965
Built between
Aug 2019 – Sep 2019
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
4 December 2019
Repaired
95%
Unrepaired
804

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2019 and September 2019. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2019 Ford RangerBuilt August 2019 to September 2019

Repair progress

804 of 17,965 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2021.

95% repaired — 17,128 of 17,965 reported

Owners not reachable
29
Scrapped or exported
4

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 2019 Ranger vehicles. The Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) blower motor may electrically short.

What could happen

An electrical short can increase the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the HVAC blower motor production date, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began December 4, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2019 to September 2019
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA10 October 2019
  3. Owners notified4 December 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2021 — 95% 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 10 October 2019.

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 customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S34.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
19S34
Recalling manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
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.

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