# NHTSA recall 11V574000

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: 11V574000
- Manufacturer's number: 11S23
- Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Reported: 2011\-12\-07
- Owners notified: 2012\-01\-18
- Component: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
- Units potentially affected: 128616

## What is wrong

FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010\-2011 FORD FUSION AND MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH STEEL WHEELS AND BUILT FROM APRIL 1, 2009, THROUGH APRIL 30, 2009, AND FROM DECEMBER 1, 2009, THROUGH NOVEMBER 13, 2010.  THE WHEEL STUDS MAY FRACTURE, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A WHEEL TO SEPARATE.


## What can happen

WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE STUD FRACTURES COULD OCCUR AT THE WHEEL LOCATION, AND THE OPERATOR MAY EXPERIENCE VEHICLE VIBRATION AND/OR WHEEL SEPARATION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR BRAKE DISC SURFACE FOR FLATNESS AND REPLACE THE DISCS AS NECESSARY. ADDITIONALLY, THE WHEEL LUG NUTS WILL BE REPLACED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS.  THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 24, 2012.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1\-866\-436\-7332.


## Notes

FORD'S RECALL NUMBER IS 11S23.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

- [2010 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-04\-01 to 2009\-04\-30.
- [2011 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-04\-01 to 2009\-04\-30.
- [2010 MERCURY MILAN](/makes/mercury/milan/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-12\-01 to 2010\-11\-13.
- [2011 MERCURY MILAN](/makes/mercury/milan/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-12\-01 to 2010\-11\-13.

## Investigated as PE11003 and EA11009

This recall followed 2 NHTSA investigations. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE11003: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2011\-01\-21, closed 2011\-07\-26. Wheel Stud Fracture. WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS.
- EA11009: Engineering analysis, opened 2011\-07\-26, closed 2012\-01\-20. Wheel Mounting Stud Fracture. WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V574000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V574000/investigations)

## 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/11V574000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V574000)

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