# NHTSA recall 13V523000

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: 13V523000
- Manufacturer's number: 13S09
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2013\-10\-30
- Owners notified: 2013\-11\-22
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)
- Units potentially affected: 2456

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2012\-2014 Focus Electric vehicles manufactured September 15, 2011, through August 23, 2013.  In the affected vehicles, a powertrain control module software problem may result in a stall\-like condition.


## What can happen

An unexpected loss of power while driving increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the power control module, free of charge.  The recall beganon November 22, 2013.  Ford's recall campaign number is 13S09.  Owners may contact Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center at 1\-866\-436\-7332.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-04\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2456
- Reported remedied: 2030 \(82%\)
- Reported unreachable: 124
- Reported removed: 27

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2012 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC](/makes/ford/focus/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-09\-15 to 2013\-08\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2013 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC](/makes/ford/focus/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-09\-15 to 2013\-08\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2014 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC](/makes/ford/focus/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-09\-15 to 2013\-08\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Investigated as PE13031

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. 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.

- PE13031: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2013\-09\-06, closed 2013\-11\-15. Electric powertrain propulsion failure. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V523000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V523000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [14M02 06](/bulletins/10226944.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46900](/bulletins/10127405.md), 2018-01-29, Service bulletin
- [TSB 16\-0129](/bulletins/10109047.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46421](/bulletins/10099106.md), 2017-05-15, Service bulletin
- [14M02\-S3](/bulletins/10095866.md), 2017-03-20, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46358](/bulletins/10095628.md), 2017-03-17, Service bulletin
- [14M02\-S2](/bulletins/10091154.md), 2017-02-10, Service bulletin
- [15B22\-S1](/bulletins/10091153.md), 2017-02-10, Service bulletin
- [SSM\-45815](/bulletins/10078988.md), 2016-08-30, Service bulletin
- [16\-0044](/bulletins/10075274.md), 2016-06-22, 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/13V523000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V523000)

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