# NHTSA recall 14V514000

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.

**NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 14V514000
- Manufacturer's number: 14S18
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2014\-08\-22
- Owners notified: 2014\-11\-11
- Component: STEERING
- Units potentially affected: 508

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Focus and C\-Max vehicles manufactured August 8, 2014, to August 15, 2014.  The affected vehicles may have steering gears that were incorrectly assembled.


## What can happen

The incorrectly manufactured steering gears may cause impaired steering, including the loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gears, free of charge.  The recall began on November 11, 2014.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-800\-392\-3673.  Ford's number for this recall is 14S18.


## 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 2016 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-04\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 508
- Reported remedied: 500 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 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

- [2014 FORD C\-MAX](/makes/ford/c-max/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-08\-08 to 2014\-08\-15.
- [2014 FORD FOCUS](/makes/ford/focus/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-08\-08 to 2014\-08\-15.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [Service](/bulletins/10204994.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46210](/bulletins/10095995.md), 2017-03-20, 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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