Ford F-150. Published by Transport Canada as 2020071 on 21 February 2020. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain trucks, there may be a problem with the software that controls the daytime running lights (DRLs). When the DRLs are on and the master lighting switch is rotated from the “Autolamp” position to the “headlamp on” position, the DRLs do not lower to parking light brightness. Canadian regulations …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, 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.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2020071, dated 21 February 2020. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 20V097, dated 21 February 2020. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 20C03.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2020071 | 20V097 |
| Dated | 21 February 2020 | 21 February 2020 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Ford | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 20V097, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Ford F-150 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford F-150 is named on 122 American notices, 2 European, 2 Japanese and 41 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The European register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020071
- Recall date
- 21 February 2020
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- F-150
- Model years
- 2018 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 50,989
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain trucks, there may be a problem with the software that controls the daytime running lights (DRLs). When the DRLs are on and the master lighting switch is rotated from the “Autolamp” position to the “headlamp on” position, the DRLs do not lower to parking light brightness. Canadian regulations require that the DRLs turn off when the headlights are turned on.
Note: This only affects trucks equipped with LED headlights and the Autolamp feature (automatic headlights).Safety Risk:
Lights that are too bright could cause glare for oncoming drivers.Corrective Actions:
Ford will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your truck to a Ford or Lincoln dealer to update the body control module (BCM) software.
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 2020071.
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.
- 2020023 · 23 January 2020 · F-150 · Electrical
- 2020126 · 24 March 2020 · E450, E350 · Electrical
- 2020131 · 26 March 2020 · Fusion · Structure
- 2020204 · 11 May 2020 · Transit Connect · Structure
- 2020202 · 11 May 2020 · Expedition · Other
- 2020203 · 11 May 2020 · Expedition, Mustang · Powertrain
- 2020231 · 27 May 2020 · Transit Connect · Seats And Restraints
- 2020232 · 27 May 2020 · Mustang · Other
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020066 · 19 February 2020 · 6 Series · Lights And Instruments
- 2020062 · 14 February 2020 · A Class, GLS Class, Gle Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2020040 · 6 February 2020 · Cx-5 · Lights And Instruments
- 2020037 · 31 January 2020 · LP Series · Lights And Instruments
- 2020148 · 7 April 2020 · 389, 330, 587 · Lights And Instruments
- 2020150 · 9 April 2020 · Mini Combo Series · Lights And Instruments
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ford F-150, 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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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