# Transport Canada recall 2020231

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: 2020231
- Manufacturer's number: 20S25
- Reported: 2020\-05\-27
- Component: Seats And Restraints
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 131

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, the driver and/or front passenger seat belt pretensioner\(s\) may not work as designed in a crash.

Safety Risk:

A seat belt pretensioner that does not work properly in a crash could cause an increased risk of injury.

Corrective Actions:

Ford will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a Ford dealer to inspect the production date of the driver and front passenger seat belt assemblies. If the date is within the identified range, the dealer will replace the seat belt assembly.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT](/makes/ford/transit-connect/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT](/makes/ford/transit-connect/2017/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 22\-2114](/bulletins/10209378.md), 2022-03-29, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2047](/bulletins/10171865.md), 2020-03-03, Service bulletin
- [tsb18\-2179](/bulletins/10144181.md), 2018-09-10, Service bulletin
- [TSB18\-2084](/bulletins/10137070.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin
- [SSM 46102](/bulletins/10109079.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM\-45793](/bulletins/10078977.md), 2016-08-29, 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.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2020231](/v1/recalls/tc/2020231)

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