# NHTSA recall 11V049000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 11V049000
- Manufacturer's number: 11S15
- Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Reported: 2011\-02\-01
- Owners notified: 2011\-02\-10
- Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
- Units potentially affected: 280946

## What is wrong

FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 F\-150 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 18, 2008, THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 2009.  THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HOUSING EMBOSSMENT RETAINING THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE SPRING MAY FRACTURE DURING NORMAL USAGE RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT SPRING FORCE TO RETURN THE HANDLE TO THE FULLY STOWED POSITION.


## What can happen

IN THE EVENT OF A SIDE IMPACT CRASH, THE DOOR HANDLE SPRING CAN FAIL CAUSING THE DOOR LATCH TO OPEN.


## The remedy

OWNERS WILL BE INITIALLY NOTIFIED AND INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO A FORD OR LINCOLN/MERCURY DEALER IF ANY INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE IS LOOSE OR FAILS TO RETURN TO THE STOWED POSITION AFTER ACTIVATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE AFFECT MODULE.  ONCE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE, OWNERS WILL BE RENOTIFIED AND INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO A FORD OR LINCOLN/MERCURY DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF EACH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE.  DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION, THE DEALER WILL EITHER ADD A SPRING EMBOSSMENT REINFORCEMENT OR REPLACE THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE MODULE FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 10, 2011.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1\-866\-436\-7332.


## Notes

FORD'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11S15.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-01\-18 to 2009\-11\-30.
- [2010 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2010/recalls.md). Built 2008\-01\-18 to 2009\-11\-30.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [SSM 54601](/bulletins/11029052.md), 2026-02-27, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51536](/bulletins/10235153.md), 2023-05-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2233](/bulletins/10177863.md), 2020-08-06, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2026](/bulletins/10156863.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2026](/bulletins/10155551.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM 45950](/bulletins/10091441.md), 2017-02-13, Service bulletin
- [ASI\-32266](/bulletins/10053429.md), 2013-10-26, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-11\-4\-11](/bulletins/10039065.md), 2011-07-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-10\-15\-9](/bulletins/10033867.md), 2010-09-28, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V049000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V049000)

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