# NHTSA recall 20V197000

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: 20V197000
- Manufacturer's number: 20S18
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2020\-04\-03
- Owners notified: 2020\-04\-27
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)
- Units potentially affected: 55158
- Part numbers: KB3Z\-7E395\-B, JL3Z\-7E395\-K, JL3Z\-7E395\-J

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2020 Ranger and F\-150 vehicles equipped with 10\-speed automatic transmissions and certain 2020 Expedition vehicles equipped with a "police" package.  The transmission shift cable lock clip may not be fully seated, allowing the transmission to actually be in a different gear than the gear shift position selected by the driver.


## What can happen

If the transmission selection does not match the indicated gear selection, and the parking brake is not applied, unintended vehicle movement can occur, increasing the risk of injury or crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and correct the shift cable locking clip installation, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began April 27, 2020.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 20S18.


## 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: 55158
- Reported remedied: 54731 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 8
- Reported removed: 1

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

- [2020 FORD EXPEDITION](/makes/ford/expedition/2020/recalls.md). Built 2020\-03\-03 to 2020\-03\-19.
- [2020 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2020/recalls.md). Built 2020\-02\-18 to 2020\-03\-19.
- [2020 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2020/recalls.md). Built 2020\-02\-28 to 2020\-03\-18.

## 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\-2350](/bulletins/10245418.md), 2023-11-22, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2256](/bulletins/10241526.md), 2023-09-01, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2011](/bulletins/10230773.md), 2023-01-31, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2137](/bulletins/10214752.md), 2022-06-27, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50549](/bulletins/10208829.md), 2022-03-08, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2025](/bulletins/10207890.md), 2022-02-16, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2381](/bulletins/10203646.md), 2021-12-02, Service bulletin
- [21N08](/bulletins/10202720.md), 2021-11-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2336](/bulletins/10201907.md), 2021-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2315](/bulletins/10201905.md), 2021-10-05, 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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