# NHTSA recall 15V618000

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: 15V618000
- Manufacturer's number: 15C11
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2015\-10\-01
- Owners notified: 2015\-10\-19
- Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
- Units potentially affected: 658

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Ford Fusion vehicles manufactured September 3, 2015, to September 13, 2015, and 2016 Lincoln MKZ vehicles manufactured September 3, 2015, to September 12, 2015.  The affected vehicles have a fuel tank that may have insufficent wall thickness.  As a result, the fuel tanks may crack in the event of a crash and thus the vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 301, "Fuel System Integrity."


## What can happen

A fuel tank that cracks may leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel tank, free of charge.  The recall began on October 19, 2015.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 15C11.


## 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: 658
- Reported remedied: 580 \(88%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- 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

- [2016 FORD FUSION](/makes/ford/fusion/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-09\-03 to 2015\-09\-13.
- [2016 LINCOLN MKZ](/makes/lincoln/mkz/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-09\-03 to 2015\-09\-12.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [25E01](/bulletins/11024707.md), 2025-11-03, Emissions
- [TSB160045](/bulletins/10205010.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [TSB160001](/bulletins/10204987.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [LTR3756](/bulletins/10204986.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47765](/bulletins/10153975.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin
- [16\-0045](/bulletins/10075275.md), 2016-06-22, 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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