# NHTSA recall 15V606000 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: 15V606000 - Manufacturer's number: 15S28 - Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company - Reported: 2015\-09\-29 - Owners notified: 2015\-10\-23 - Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\) - Units potentially affected: 57 ## What is wrong Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2001\-2008 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner vehicles manufactured March 31, 2001, to September 1, 2009. The affected vehicles are equipped with either a 2.3L or 3.0L engine and have had their CD4E transmission replaced with remanufactured one that was rebuilt between June 11, 2015 through July 15, 2015. These service repair part transmissions have a shift lever bolt that may not be properly tightened. As a result, the shift control lever could disengage from the transmission without warning. ## What can happen If the shift lever disengages from the transmission, a driver may be unable to shift gear positions and the indicated shift position may not represent the gear position the vehicle is in. Should a disengagement occur while the vehicle is being driven, when the driver goes to stop and park the vehicle, the gear selection indicator may show that the transmission is in the "PARK" position, but the vehicle transmission may not actually be in the "PARK" gear position. If the vehicle is not in the "PARK" position there is a risk the vehicle will roll away as the driver and other occupants exit the vehicle or anytime thereafter. A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of injury to exiting occupants and bystanders. ## The remedy Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the transmissions and either tighten the manual shift lever bolt or replace the manual shift lever assembly. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on October 23, 2015. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 15S28. ## 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 2017 quarter 1 - Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-04\-28 - Vehicles in the campaign: 57 - Reported remedied: 12 \(21%\) - Reported unreachable: 0 - Reported removed: 0 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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 - [2001 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2001/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2002 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2003 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2004 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2005 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2006 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2006/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2007 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2007/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2008 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2008/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - 2001 MERCURY MARINER. Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - 2002 MERCURY MARINER. Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - 2003 MERCURY MARINER. Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - 2004 MERCURY MARINER. Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2005 MERCURY MARINER](/makes/mercury/mariner/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2006 MERCURY MARINER](/makes/mercury/mariner/2006/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2007 MERCURY MARINER](/makes/mercury/mariner/2007/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. - [2008 MERCURY MARINER](/makes/mercury/mariner/2008/recalls.md). Built 2001\-03\-31 to 2009\-09\-01. ## 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\-12\-4\-8](/bulletins/10044907.md), 2012-08-04, Service bulletin - [CSP\-09B10\-2](/bulletins/10041387.md), 2011-09-28, Service bulletin - [TSB\-10\-18\-10](/bulletins/10036913.md), 2011-04-18, Service bulletin - [TSB\-09\-19\-12](/bulletins/10032614.md), 2010-04-20, Service bulletin - [TB\-21019](/bulletins/10032610.md), 2010-04-19, Service bulletin - [08\-5\-7](/bulletins/10024826.md), 2008-05-30, Service bulletin - [20144](/bulletins/10024695.md), 2008-05-08, Service bulletin - [08\-3\-6](/bulletins/10024328.md), 2008-04-04, Service bulletin - [08\-3\-3](/bulletins/10024327.md), 2008-04-04, Service bulletin - [19865](/bulletins/10023295.md), 2007-11-08, 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) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V606000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V606000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2015V606000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F15V606000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2015V606000)