# NHTSA recall 16V479000

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: 16V479000
- Manufacturer's number: 16S28
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2016\-06\-28
- Owners notified: 2017\-03\-24
- Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
- Units potentially affected: 865

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2015\-2016 Ford Focus Electric vehicles manufactured August 20, 2015, through April 13, 2016. The transmission's differential pinion gear shaft may overheat and fracture.


## What can happen

A fractured pinion shaft could cause a loss of motive power and loss of the transmission park function, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the transmission differential assembly, free of charge. The recall began on March 24, 2017. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 16S28.


## 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 2018 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 865
- Reported remedied: 683 \(78%\)
- Reported unreachable: 9
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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

- [2015 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC](/makes/ford/focus/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-08\-20 to 2016\-04\-13. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC](/makes/ford/focus/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-08\-20 to 2016\-04\-13. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## 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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