Ford Explorer, F-150, F-250 Super Duty, F-550 Super Duty, Expedition, F-350 Super Duty. Published by Transport Canada as 2019437 on 29 August 2019. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, seats with a manual recliner may not meet the strength requirements of Canadian regulations. A seatback with reduced strength may not properly restrain an occupant in a crash.
Safety Risk:
A seatback that moves in a crash could increase the risk of injury.
Corrective Actions: …
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Ford EXPLORER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford EXPLORER is named on 91 American notices, 15 British, 13 European and 71 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019437
- Recall date
- 29 August 2019
- Make
- Ford, Lincoln
- Models
- Explorer, F-150, F-250 Super Duty, F-550 Super Duty, Expedition, F-350 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, Aviator
- Model years
- 2018 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 70,741
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, seats with a manual recliner may not meet the strength requirements of Canadian regulations. A seatback with reduced strength may not properly restrain an occupant in a crash.Safety Risk:
A seatback that moves in a crash could increase the risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
Ford will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a Ford or Lincoln dealer for an inspection of the driver and front passenger seat recliners. For 2020 model year Explorer and Aviator, dealers will inspect the rear outboard seats. The seat structures will be replaced as required.
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 2019437.
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.
- 2019431 · 27 August 2019 · Fusion, MKZ, Edge · Steering
- 2019432 · 27 August 2019 · Fiesta · Electrical
- 2019420 · 21 August 2019 · Aftermarket Rear Window Glass, F-150, F-250 · Other
- 2019340 · 11 July 2019 · Ranger · Seats And Restraints
- 2019338 · 8 July 2019 · Focus · Fuel System
- 2019500 · 1 October 2019 · F-350 Super Duty, F-250 Super Duty · Powertrain
- 2019512 · 10 October 2019 · Ranger · Heater And Defroster
- 2019537 · 25 October 2019 · Edge · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2019443 · 30 August 2019 · Big Boost Deluxe · Seats And Restraints
- 2019416 · 20 August 2019 · Telluride · Seats And Restraints
- 2019400 · 13 August 2019 · Gla Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2019456 · 11 September 2019 · Explorer · Seats And Restraints
- 2019359 · 24 July 2019 · Senator Ii · Seats And Restraints
- 2019340 · 11 July 2019 · Ranger · Seats And Restraints
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ford F-350 Super Duty, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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