# NHTSA recall 17V331000

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: 17V331000
- Manufacturer's number: 17C09
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2017\-05\-22
- Owners notified: 2017\-07\-13
- Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
- Units potentially affected: 14410

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2015\-2017 F\-150, and 2017 F\-250, F\-350, F\-450, and F\-550 vehicles originally produced with black or body colored exterior door handles that may have been subsequently equipped with a chrome exterior door handle cover accessory kit purchased from a Ford dealer.  These accessory door handle covers may cause the doors to unlatch in a side impact collision.  As such, these vehicles may 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 doors unlatch and open in a side impact collision, the occupants have an increased risk of injury.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will remove the accessory covers and refund the purchase price.  The recall began July 13, 2017.  Owners may contact Ford at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for the recall is 17C09.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-01\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 14410
- Reported remedied: 4644 \(32%\)
- Reported unreachable: 219
- Reported removed: 1

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

- [2015 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-03\-18 to 2017\-04\-01.
- [2016 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2016/recalls.md). Built 2014\-03\-18 to 2017\-04\-01.
- [2017 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2017/recalls.md). Built 2014\-03\-18 to 2017\-04\-01.
- [2017 FORD F\-450](/makes/ford/f-450/2017/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-08 to 2017\-04\-01.
- [2017 FORD F\-550](/makes/ford/f-550/2017/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-08 to 2017\-04\-01.
- 2017 FORD redundant F\-250. Built 2015\-10\-08 to 2017\-04\-01.
- 2017 FORD redundant F\-350. Built 2015\-10\-08 to 2017\-04\-01.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [18N03\-S7](/bulletins/10168821.md), 2019-12-05, Service bulletin
- [18N03\-S6](/bulletins/10159511.md), 2019-05-07, Service bulletin
- [18N03\-S4](/bulletins/10156893.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [18N03\-S4](/bulletins/10155581.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin
- [18N03\-S3](/bulletins/10153986.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin
- [18N03\-S2](/bulletins/10153954.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2007](/bulletins/10153920.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin
- [18N03\-S1](/bulletins/10148744.md), 2018-11-19, Service bulletin
- [AEVSB2017\-4.6](/bulletins/10110906.md), 2017-08-10, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46409](/bulletins/10095854.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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