# NHTSA recall 17V168000

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: 17V168000
- Manufacturer's number: 17C04
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2017\-03\-13
- Owners notified: 2017\-04\-14
- Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
- Units potentially affected: 5470

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2017 Ford Mustang vehicles.  The return spring for the driver side interior door handle may come loose, allowing the driver's door to unlatch in a side impact crash.  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

If the door unlatches in a crash it can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driver\-side interior door handle and repair the return spring, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began April 14, 2017.  Owners may contact Ford at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for the recall is 17C04.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-10\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5470
- Reported remedied: 5125 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 31
- Reported removed: 2

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 3, 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

- [2017 FORD MUSTANG](/makes/ford/mustang/2017/recalls.md). Built 2017\-01\-13 to 2017\-01\-31.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [21N10](/bulletins/10205726.md), 2022-01-03, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V168000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V168000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2017V168000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F17V168000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2017V168000)