# NHTSA recall 17V775000

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: 17V775000
- Manufacturer's number: 17C20
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2017\-12\-01
- Owners notified: 2018\-01\-10
- Component: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 462

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2018 Expedition vehicles.  The second row outboard seats may have excessive forward adjustment capability and/or may have an improperly installed bolt that secures the seat back to the seat base.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 202a, "Head Restraints", number 207, "Seating Systems", and number 210, "Seat Belt Anchorage System."


## What can happen

If the seat back is not adequately secured, and/or the seat occupant is improperly positioned, there can be an increased risk of injury in a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the second row outboard seats for proper seat adjustment travel, replacing the seat frame assembly if necessary.  Dealers will also inspect the bolts attaching the seat back to the seat base for the proper installation, correcting it as necessary.  These repairs will be made free of charge.  The recall began on January 10, 2018.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 17C20.


## 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 2019 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 462
- Reported remedied: 438 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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

- [2018 FORD EXPEDITION](/makes/ford/expedition/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-09\-12 to 2017\-10\-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.

- [TSB 23\-2396](/bulletins/10248357.md), 2024-01-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2036](/bulletins/10232488.md), 2023-03-04, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51311](/bulletins/10230924.md), 2023-02-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2104](/bulletins/10209209.md), 2022-03-22, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50502](/bulletins/10208146.md), 2022-02-23, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2236](/bulletins/10199536.md), 2021-08-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2171](/bulletins/10175895.md), 2020-06-05, Service bulletin
- [Lever 3000 Load](/bulletins/10158631.md), 2019-04-15, 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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