Ford Transit. Published by Transport Canada as 2017516 on 24 October 2017. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a trailer lighting control module, water may enter the module and connector, and could cause wiring corrosion and damage to the module. This could result in an electrical short to ground, which could cause an uncommanded seat belt pretensioner deployment, a burning smell and/or an …
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Ford TRANSIT in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford TRANSIT is named on 97 American notices, 117 British, 48 European and 24 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017516
- Recall date
- 24 October 2017
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Transit
- Model years
- 2015 to 2017
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 8,361
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a trailer lighting control module, water may enter the module and connector, and could cause wiring corrosion and damage to the module. This could result in an electrical short to ground, which could cause an uncommanded seat belt pretensioner deployment, a burning smell and/or an increased risk of fire, even when the vehicle is parked and the ignition is off. This may also cause turn signals to flash rapidly as well as cause a loss of the instrument cluster display, heater and air conditioning controls, and multimedia system (radio, screens, SYNC). An electrical short could increase the risk of injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will add a drainage hole to the driver’s door stepwell and incorporate a fuse into the vehicle wiring harness.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2017516.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2017517 · 24 October 2017 · F-150 · Powertrain
- 2017515 · 24 October 2017 · F-150 · Engine
- 2017519 · 25 October 2017 · F-150 · Powertrain
- 2017502 · 18 October 2017 · F-150, F-550 Super Duty, F-350 Super Duty · Structure
- 2017633 · 15 December 2017 · Ranger · Airbag
- 2017413 · 30 August 2017 · F-150, F-350 Super Duty, F-250 Super Duty · Seats And Restraints
- 2017414 · 30 August 2017 · Focus · Seats And Restraints
- 2017415 · 30 August 2017 · Police Interceptor Utility (explorer), Police Interceptor Sedan (taurus), Explorer · Steering
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017526 · 26 October 2017 · Wonder · Electrical
- 2017427 · 1 September 2017 · Mazda6 · Electrical
- 2017628 · 13 December 2017 · Berkshire · Electrical
- 2017419 · 31 August 2017 · Hurricane, Windsport, Serrano · Electrical
- 2017327 · 30 June 2017 · Accord · Electrical
- 2017323 · 29 June 2017 · Coleman · Electrical
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