# NHTSA recall 13V594000

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: 13V594000
- Manufacturer's number: 13C09
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2013\-11\-25
- Owners notified: 2014\-01\-09
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Units potentially affected: 7153

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid vehicles manufactured April 26, 2012, through September 24, 2013.  Due to a manufacturing error, the transmission range sensor may not function properly allowing the affected vehicles to be shifted out of the Park position without first applying the brake pedal.  Thus, these vehicles fail to conform with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) No. 114, "Theft Protection."


## What can happen

Without requiring the brake to be pressed, the vehicle may be unintentionally shifted out of Park, allowing it to roll which may result in a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the Powertrain Control Module \(PCM\) with new software, free of charge.  The recall began on January 2014.  Customers may contact Ford at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 13C09.


## 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 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 7153
- Reported remedied: 6907 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 27
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 2, 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

- [2013 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-04\-26 to 2013\-09\-24.
- [2014 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-04\-26 to 2013\-09\-24.

## 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 46900](/bulletins/10127405.md), 2018-01-29, Service bulletin
- [TSB 17\-0039](/bulletins/10108994.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM\-45815](/bulletins/10078988.md), 2016-08-30, Service bulletin
- [SSM\-45800](/bulletins/10078980.md), 2016-08-30, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-14\-0176](/bulletins/10058111.md), 2015-08-01, Service bulletin
- [CSP\-14N02](/bulletins/10056711.md), 2015-02-06, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-14\-0129](/bulletins/10056662.md), 2015-01-28, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-14\-0085](/bulletins/10056421.md), 2014-11-26, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-14\-0085](/bulletins/10056375.md), 2014-11-13, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-14\-0106](/bulletins/10056140.md), 2014-09-16, 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)

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