# NHTSA recall 23V122000

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: 23V122000
- Manufacturer's number: 23C02
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2023\-02\-24
- Owners notified: 2023\-04\-20
- Component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 4804
- Part numbers: LK4V\-14A411\-HCA

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2023 Transit vehicles equipped with the Special Vehicle Operations Accessory Service Kit \#1 or \#2 with a High Specification Vehicle Interface Connector.  When the accessory kit is installed, the auxiliary wire harness will disable the heating, air\-conditioning, and ventilation \(HVAC\) including the defrost and defog systems.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 103, "Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems."


## What can happen

An inoperative windshield defrosting and defogging system may decrease the driver's visibility under certain driving conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will repair the auxiliary wire harness by modifying the wire harness to include the necessary twisted loop, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed April 20, 2023.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 23C02.


## 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 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 4804
- Reported remedied: 4180 \(87%\)
- Reported unreachable: 57
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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

- [2023 FORD TRANSIT](/makes/ford/transit/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.

- [SYNC\-25.1.9.7.1 Transit](/bulletins/11029559.md), 2026-03-04, Over\-the\-air update
- [SYNC\-25.1.7.10.1 Transit](/bulletins/11029548.md), 2026-03-04, Over\-the\-air update
- [SSM 54137](/bulletins/11021975.md), 2025-08-19, Service bulletin
- [SSM 53894](/bulletins/11019652.md), 2025-06-19, 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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