NHTSA recall 23V072000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 23V072000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 23C01 |
| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Reported | 2023-02-10 |
| Owners notified | 2023-03-16 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL |
| Units potentially affected | 321 |
| Part numbers | ML3B-15042N54-EK319W, ML3B-15042N54-EK33N5, ML3B-15042N54-GJ31D7 |
| Report | Annual report 1, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-01-25 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 321 |
| Reported remedied | 276 (85%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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.
What is wrong
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023 F-150 vehicles. The instrument panel top cover on the passenger-side may prevent the air bag from deploying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
What can happen
An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the passenger instrument panel top cover, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 16, 2023. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 23C01.
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.nhtsa.gov.
| 2023 FORD F-150 |
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A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| TSB 25-2465 | 2025-10-09. Service bulletin. This article supersedes TSB 23-2280 to update labor times from M-time to fixed time. Some vehicles listed in the Model statement above, may exhibit an illuminated airbag warning indicator with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) U3000:41 and/or U3000:54 in the occupant classification system module (OCSM) and/or B00A0:09, B00A0:63, B00A0:64 and/or B00A0:68 in the restraints control module (RCM). |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.