# NHTSA recall 16V475000

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: 16V475000
- Manufacturer's number: 16C11
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2016\-06\-28
- Owners notified: 2016\-08\-18
- Component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
- Units potentially affected: 5280

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Ford Explorer and F\-150 vehicles equipped with a manual recline driver's seat.  The seat back frame may have insufficient welds which may not meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) numbers 202, "Head Restraints" and 207, "Seating Systems."


## What can happen

The seat back may not adequately restrain the occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the seat back frame, free of charge.  The recall begin on August 18, 2016.  Owners may contact Ford at 1\-800\-392\-3673.  Ford's number for this recall is 16C11.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5280
- Reported remedied: 3980 \(75%\)
- Reported unreachable: 76
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2016 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-02\-17 to 2016\-03\-07.
- [2016 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-02\-17 to 2016\-02\-25.

## 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 22\-2104](/bulletins/10209209.md), 2022-03-22, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50395](/bulletins/10207116.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2236](/bulletins/10199536.md), 2021-08-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2171](/bulletins/10175895.md), 2020-06-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2034](/bulletins/10171861.md), 2020-03-03, Service bulletin
- [SSM 48431](/bulletins/10170919.md), 2020-02-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2390](/bulletins/10169898.md), 2020-01-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2293](/bulletins/10165709.md), 2019-10-04, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47959](/bulletins/10160876.md), 2019-06-06, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47814](/bulletins/10156883.md), 2019-04-08, 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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