# NHTSA recall 19V809000

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: 19V809000
- Manufacturer's number: 19S41
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2019\-11\-12
- Owners notified: 2020\-04\-28
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
- Units potentially affected: 54411

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2016\-2017 Lincoln MKX vehicles equipped with 3.7L engines.  The battery positive cable harness may contact the transmission shifter cable bracket resulting in a short circuit.


## What can happen

An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will remove the battery harness clips and elbow guide, and install a wire channel shield and protective sleeve to the battery cable harness, free of charge.  Interim notices informing owners of the safety risk were mailed on December 2, 2019. Owners will receive a second notice when the remedy becomes available, currently expected to be the end of April 2020.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 19S41.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 2 to 2025 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-05\-01
- Vehicles in the campaign: 54411
- Reported remedied: 49626 \(91%\)
- Reported unreachable: 310
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2016 LINCOLN MKX](/makes/lincoln/mkx/2016/recalls.md). Built 2014\-11\-12 to 2017\-09\-11.
- [2017 LINCOLN MKX](/makes/lincoln/mkx/2017/recalls.md). Built 2014\-11\-12 to 2017\-09\-11.

## 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 47070](/bulletins/10136592.md), 2018-05-14, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46486](/bulletins/10100508.md), 2017-05-24, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46129](/bulletins/10090671.md), 2017-02-07, Service bulletin
- [SB\-45317](/bulletins/10058665.md), 2015-10-27, 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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