# NHTSA recall 16V110000

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: 16V110000
- Manufacturer's number: 16S05
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2016\-02\-25
- Owners notified: 2016\-03\-11
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 2894

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2016 F\-150 trucks manufactured April 27, 2015, to November 22, 2015, and equipped with Multi\-Contour Seats \(MCS\).  The front passenger seat Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) that calibrates the air bag deployment level may incorrectly classify an adult as a child when the seat massage feature is activated.


## What can happen

If an adult is incorrectly classified as a child, the passenger frontal air bag will not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the Occupant Classification System Module \(OCSM\) with new software, free of charge.  The recall began on March 11, 2016.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 16S05.


## 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 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-07\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2894
- Reported remedied: 2325 \(80%\)
- Reported unreachable: 37
- Reported removed: 2

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 2, 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 F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-27 to 2015\-11\-22.

## 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 50786](/bulletins/10212120.md), 2022-05-24, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50419](/bulletins/10207126.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB160001](/bulletins/10204987.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [LTR3756](/bulletins/10204986.md), 2021-12-20, 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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