# NHTSA recall 14V164000

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: 14V164000
- Manufacturer's number: 14C03
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2014\-04\-02
- Owners notified: 2014\-05\-30
- Component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
- Units potentially affected: 43135

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2014 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles manufactured August 15, 2012, through September 10, 2013, 2013\-2014 Ford Escape vehicles manufactured June 5, 2012, through August 12, 2013, and 2013\-2014 Ford C\-Max vehicles manufactured from July 23, 2012, through May 28, 2013.  The driver and passenger seatback assemblies may have been produced with sub\-standard weld joints used to attach the seat back recliner mechanism to the seat frame. The affected seat backs may have insufficient strength to meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 207, "Seating Systems."


## What can happen

The back of the subject seats may become loose or lean while driving and potentially increase the risk of injury in certain crashes.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seatback, free of charge.  The recall began on May 30, 2014.  Owners may contact Ford at 1\-800\-392\-3673.  Ford's number for this recall is 14C03.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 43135
- Reported remedied: 33291 \(77%\)
- Reported unreachable: 676
- Reported removed: 5

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, 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 FORD C\-MAX](/makes/ford/c-max/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-23 to 2013\-05\-28.
- [2014 FORD C\-MAX](/makes/ford/c-max/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-23 to 2013\-05\-28.
- [2013 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-05 to 2013\-08\-12.
- [2014 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-06\-05 to 2013\-08\-12.
- [2013 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-08\-15 to 2013\-09\-10.
- [2014 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-08\-15 to 2013\-09\-10.
- [2013 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-08\-15 to 2013\-09\-10.
- [2014 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-08\-15 to 2013\-09\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [TSB 22\-2104](/bulletins/10209209.md), 2022-03-22, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2236](/bulletins/10199536.md), 2021-08-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2171](/bulletins/10175895.md), 2020-06-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2390](/bulletins/10169898.md), 2020-01-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2293](/bulletins/10165709.md), 2019-10-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 18\-2361](/bulletins/10153931.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin
- [ASI\-45158](/bulletins/10074777.md), 2016-06-22, Service bulletin
- [TSB15\-0129](/bulletins/10058700.md), 2015-11-02, Service bulletin
- [ASI\-44704](/bulletins/10057080.md), 2015-04-11, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-13\-6\-16](/bulletins/10053470.md), 2013-10-31, 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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