The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Ford Focus, 2013-2015 Ford Escape and Ford C-MAX, 2015 Lincoln MKC and Ford Mustang, and 2014-2016 Ford Transit Connect vehicles. A component within the door latches may break, preventing the doors from latching and/or leading the driver or a passenger to believe a door is securely closed when, in fact, it is not.
The risk
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
The remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the door latches with an improved part, free of charge. The recall began on January 27, 2017. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16S30.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Ford C-Max | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Ford Escape | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Ford Focus | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Ford Mustang | 2015 |
| Ford Transit Connect | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Lincoln MKC | 2015 |
Components: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford C-Max | 2013 | 187 | 8 |
| Ford C-Max | 2014 | 80 | 8 |
| Ford C-Max | 2015 | 56 | 6 |
| Ford Escape | 2013 | 2,753 | 18 |
| Ford Escape | 2014 | 2,089 | 16 |
| Ford Escape | 2015 | 1,130 | 9 |
| Ford Focus | 2012 | 3,770 | 7 |
| Ford Focus | 2013 | 2,112 | 11 |
| Ford Focus | 2014 | 2,604 | 12 |
| Ford Focus | 2015 | 1,022 | 9 |
| Ford Mustang | 2015 | 438 | 11 |
| Ford Transit Connect | 2014 | 127 | 15 |
| Ford Transit Connect | 2015 | 66 | 11 |
| Ford Transit Connect | 2016 | 104 | 10 |
| Lincoln MKC | 2015 | 131 | 12 |
Other latches/locks/linkages recalls in 2016
8 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the latches/locks/linkages; Ford Motor Company filed 737 campaigns in all.
| 16V843000 21 Nov 2016 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 16V698000 28 Sept 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V464000 24 Jun 2016 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 16V389000 1 Jun 2016 | Kia Motors America |
| 16V348000 24 May 2016 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 16V060000 3 Feb 2016 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 16V029000 22 Jan 2016 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016