{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Ford recall 14V483 (14S16): Ford Transit (2015)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v483/",
  "summary": "Recall 14V483 (Ford): A sliding door without the epoxy reinforcement has an increased potential of unlatching in certain side impact crashes. A door tha...",
  "excerpt": "Ford Transit, model year 2015. Filed by Ford Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 6 August 2014. 592 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2015 Transit cargo vans without rear seating positions manufactured March 12, 2014, to June 24, 2014 and equipped with windowless sliding doors. The affected vehicles may have been manufactured without the epoxy reinforcement on the windowless sliding doors. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Ford's own number for this recall: 14S16. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14V483 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A sliding door without the epoxy reinforcement has an increased potential of unlatching in certain side impact crashes. A door that unlatches may open, allowing for a vehicle occupant to be ejected in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.” 14V483 Ford Motor Company Structure:Body:Door 6 August 2014 2015-2015 FORD TRANSIT A sliding door without the epoxy reinforcement ha",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T16:19:59+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T06:27:06+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Ford recall 14V483 (14S16): Ford Transit (2015)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v483/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}