# NHTSA recall 23V546000

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: 23V546000
- Manufacturer's number: 23S44
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2023\-08\-03
- Owners notified: 2023\-08\-11
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL
- Units potentially affected: 2
- Part numbers: MB3P\-7000\-BD

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2023 Bronco vehicles.  The transmission park system may have been damaged during assembly, which can prevent the parking pawl from fully engaging and result in a vehicle rollaway.


## What can happen

A vehicle rollaway can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the transmission, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed August 11, 2023.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 23S44.


## 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 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2
- Reported remedied: 1 \(50%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2023 FORD BRONCO](/makes/ford/bronco/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.

- [SSM 52342](/bulletins/10251954.md), 2024-03-20, Service bulletin
- [SSM 52197](/bulletins/10249422.md), 2024-01-30, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51961](/bulletins/10244824.md), 2023-11-03, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2185](/bulletins/10238285.md), 2023-06-28, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51677](/bulletins/10237589.md), 2023-06-08, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2015](/bulletins/10230775.md), 2023-01-31, 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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