# Transport Canada recall 2020069

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2020069
- Manufacturer's number: 20S08
- Reported: 2020\-02\-21
- Component: Electrical
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 19679

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain trucks with a 3.5\-L engine, there could be a problem with the engine block heater cable. The wrong cable may have been installed when your vehicle was repaired under a previous recall. The cable that was installed may not have enough heat protection and could be damaged by high engine temperatures. When plugged in, this could cause a short circuit to occur, resulting in overheated or melted wiring. It could also cause the block heater not to work, and/or it could cause a household circuit breaker to trip. For details of the previous recall, please see Transport Canada recall no. 2019\-174 \(Ford no. 19S11/19G01\).

Safety Risk:

Overheated or melted wiring could create the risk of a fire.

Corrective Actions:

Do not use your block heater until the recall inspection and repairs are completed. Ford will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to inspect the block heater and cable. Depending on the results of the inspection, the heater element and/or block heater cable will be replaced, as necessary. If the replacement parts are not available, the dealer will disable the engine block heater. Ford will send you another notice when the replacement parts are available, and will ask you to take your vehicle to a dealer to have them installed.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2016/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 54601](/bulletins/11029052.md), 2026-02-27, Service bulletin
- [TSB 25\-2570](/bulletins/11025837.md), 2025-12-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM 54366](/bulletins/11025611.md), 2025-11-19, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51947](/bulletins/10243652.md), 2023-10-06, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51122](/bulletins/10222789.md), 2022-10-11, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50804](/bulletins/10212957.md), 2022-06-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50375](/bulletins/10205694.md), 2021-12-27, Service bulletin
- [TSB160038](/bulletins/10205003.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [Service](/bulletins/10204994.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [CSC15B32](/bulletins/10204993.md), 2021-12-20, 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

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