# NHTSA recall 19V439000

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: 19V439000
- Manufacturer: LA West Inc.
- Reported: 2019\-06\-11
- Owners notified: 2019\-07\-11
- Component: STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT
- Units potentially affected: 15

## What is wrong

LA West Inc. \(LA West\) is recalling certain 2018\-2019 Ford Transit vehicles modified to be equipped with glass roof hatches.  Temperature and vibration stresses may cause the tempered glass roof hatch to shatter.


## What can happen

If the tempered glass roof hatch shatters, glass fragments may fall onto passengers, increasing the risk of an injury.


## The remedy

LA West will notify owners, and dealers will replace the hatch lids, free of charge. The recall began July 11, 2019.  Owners may contact LA West customer service at 1\-704\-498\-4940.


## 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 8, for 2021 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-03\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 15
- Reported remedied: 5 \(33%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 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 TRANSIT](/makes/ford/transit/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-08\-01 to 2019\-04\-01.
- [2019 FORD TRANSIT](/makes/ford/transit/2019/recalls.md). Built 2018\-08\-01 to 2019\-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.

- [SSM 54601](/bulletins/11029052.md), 2026-02-27, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51536](/bulletins/10235153.md), 2023-05-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2321](/bulletins/10218620.md), 2022-08-23, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50699](/bulletins/10210419.md), 2022-04-20, Service bulletin
- [SSM 49665](/bulletins/10189565.md), 2021-03-31, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2341](/bulletins/10180681.md), 2020-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 19\-2108](/bulletins/10159461.md), 2019-05-06, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47874](/bulletins/10156593.md), 2019-04-03, Service bulletin
- [SSM 47340](/bulletins/10143084.md), 2018-07-23, 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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