# NHTSA recall 20V414000

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: 20V414000
- Manufacturer's number: 20S37
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2020\-07\-17
- Owners notified: 2020\-08\-12
- Component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST; AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
- Units potentially affected: 19299
- Part numbers: 164\-R4903

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company, Inc. \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2016\-2018 Lincoln MKX and 2019\-2020 Nautilus vehicles equipped with 16\-way electric tilt seats.  The seat cushion frame edge may contact the wire harness when the seat occupant uses the tilt function of the seat, potentially damaging one or more wires within the harness, which can result in either inadvertent deployment of the air bag or nondeployment of the air bag in the event of a crash.


## What can happen

An air bag that deploys inadvertently increases the risk of a crash.  An air bag that does not deploy in the event of a crash increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install protective flocking tape onto the exposed edge of the 16\-way seat cushion frames, and inspect the wire harness for damage, and repair or replace it as needed, free of charge.  This recall began August 12, 2020.  Owners may contact Ford/Lincoln customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 20S37.


## 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 3 to 2025 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 19299
- Reported remedied: 18458 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 27
- Reported removed: 1

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

- [2016 LINCOLN MKX](/makes/lincoln/mkx/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 LINCOLN MKX](/makes/lincoln/mkx/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 LINCOLN MKX](/makes/lincoln/mkx/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS](/makes/lincoln/nautilus/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 LINCOLN NAUTILUS](/makes/lincoln/nautilus/2020/recalls.md)

## 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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