# NHTSA recall 15V172000

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: 15V172000
- Manufacturer's number: 15S10
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2015\-03\-24
- Owners notified: 2015\-07\-06
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 1549

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2015 Lincoln MKT vehicles with a limousine or hearse preparation package, manufactured March 6, 2012, to March 10, 2015.  In the affected vehicles, the vacuum pump relay may overheat due to an internal fault or contamination.


## What can happen

If the vacuum pump relay overheats, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the vacuum pump relay with a new electro\-mechanical relay, free of charge.  The recall began on July 6, 2015.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 15S10.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-01\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1549
- Reported remedied: 1202 \(77%\)
- Reported unreachable: 26
- Reported removed: 3

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 4, 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 MKT](/makes/lincoln/mkt/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-06 to 2015\-03\-10.
- [2014 LINCOLN MKT](/makes/lincoln/mkt/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-06 to 2015\-03\-10.
- [2015 LINCOLN MKT](/makes/lincoln/mkt/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-06 to 2015\-03\-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.

- [SSM 54366](/bulletins/11025611.md), 2025-11-19, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50067](/bulletins/10201050.md), 2021-09-04, Service bulletin
- [16\-0066](/bulletins/10183767.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin
- [SSM 48619](/bulletins/10172972.md), 2020-04-02, Service bulletin
- [SSM 48123](/bulletins/10164497.md), 2019-09-06, Service bulletin
- [SSM 48070](/bulletins/10163573.md), 2019-08-07, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47850](/bulletins/10159489.md), 2019-05-07, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47824](/bulletins/10156887.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47797](/bulletins/10156877.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47824](/bulletins/10155575.md), 2019-04-01, 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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