# NHTSA recall 16V698000

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: 16V698000
- Manufacturer's number: 16C13
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2016\-09\-28
- Owners notified: 2016\-11\-16
- Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK; STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
- Units potentially affected: 64038

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2017 Ford Focus hatchback vehicles manufactured February 14, 2012, to August 26, 2016 and equipped with a manual transmission.  The hatchback of the affected vehicles may be unlatched with a single press of the interior latch release button.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 206, "Door Locks and Door Retention Components."


## What can happen

With only a single press needed, the driver may accidently unlatch the hatchback, increasing the risk of injury to any unsecured passengers in the back.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the Body Control Module with updated software, free of charge.  The recall began February 10, 2017.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 16C13.


## 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 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 64038
- Reported remedied: 35847 \(55%\)
- Reported unreachable: 3916
- Reported removed: 49

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

- [2013 FORD FOCUS](/makes/ford/focus/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-14 to 2016\-08\-26.
- [2014 FORD FOCUS](/makes/ford/focus/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-14 to 2016\-08\-26.
- [2015 FORD FOCUS](/makes/ford/focus/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-14 to 2016\-08\-26.
- [2016 FORD FOCUS](/makes/ford/focus/2016/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-14 to 2016\-08\-26.
- [2017 FORD FOCUS](/makes/ford/focus/2017/recalls.md). Built 2012\-02\-14 to 2016\-08\-26.

## 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 54601](/bulletins/11029052.md), 2026-02-27, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51536](/bulletins/10235153.md), 2023-05-04, Service bulletin
- [Service](/bulletins/10204994.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [TSB160001](/bulletins/10204987.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [LTR3756](/bulletins/10204986.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2171](/bulletins/10175895.md), 2020-06-05, Service bulletin
- [19N09](/bulletins/10169994.md), 2020-01-09, Service bulletin
- [17\-2218](/bulletins/10127394.md), 2018-01-29, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46207](/bulletins/10095994.md), 2017-03-20, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46197](/bulletins/10095991.md), 2017-03-20, 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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