# 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 \(United States\)
- 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

## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 1, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2023 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2023/recalls.md)

## 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 25\-2465](/bulletins/11024198.md), 2025-10-09, 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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