# NHTSA recall 15V250000

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: 15V250000
- Manufacturer's number: 15S14
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2015\-04\-28
- Owners notified: 2015\-06\-24
- Component: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 487301

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2015 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles manufactured February 3, 2012, to March 20, 2015, and 2015 Ford Edge vehicles manufactured February 26, 2015, to February 28, 2015, and originally sold, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.  In the affected vehicles, snow or water containing road salt or other contaminants may corrode the electric power steering gear motor attachment bolts.


## What can happen

If the bolts corrode, the steering gear motor may detach from the gear housing resulting in a loss of power steering assist.  Loss of power steering assist would require a higher steering effort, especially at lower speeds, which may increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will apply sealer and replace the steering gear motor bolts as required.  If one or more of the steering gear motor attachment bolts are broken or missing, a new steering gear will be installed in the vehicle.  These repairs will be performed free of charge.  The recall began on June 24, 2015.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 15S14.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 487301
- Reported remedied: 442273 \(90%\)
- Reported unreachable: 5117
- Reported removed: 662

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

- [2015 FORD EDGE](/makes/ford/edge/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-02\-26 to 2015\-02\-28.
- [2013 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-03 to 2015\-03\-20.
- [2014 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-03 to 2015\-03\-20.
- [2015 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-03 to 2015\-03\-20.
- [2013 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-03 to 2015\-03\-20.
- [2014 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-03 to 2015\-03\-20.
- [2015 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-03 to 2015\-03\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [ASI\-44701](/bulletins/10057863.md), 2015-07-08, 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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