Ford E-150, Ford E-250, Ford E-350, Ford E-450, model year 2011. Filed by Ford Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 26 August 2011. 4,532 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2011 Ford E-150, E-250, E-350, and E-450 vehicles built from May 12, 2011, through May 26, 2011. Due to improper manufacturing conditions, some of the windshields may form bubbles after an extended time in hot temperatures. As such, these vehicles fail to …
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Ford's own number for this recall: 11C20. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V445 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11V445 cover?
- Ford E-150, Ford E-250, Ford E-350, Ford E-450, model year 2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2011 Ford E-150, E-250, E-350, and E-450 vehicles built from May 12, 2011, through May 26, 2011. Due to improper manufacturing conditions, some of the windshields may form bubbles after an extended time in hot temperatures.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The presence of bubbles may hinder driver's visibility thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the windshield if bubbles are present, free of charge. The recall began in January 2014. Owners may contact the Ford customer relationship center at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's recall campaign number is 11C20.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ford calls this recall 11C20, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “The presence of bubbles may hinder driver's visibility thereby increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V445 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| System at fault | Visibility:Windshield |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 August 2011 |
| Model years | 2011-2011 |
| Vehicles named | FORD E-150, FORD E-250, FORD E-350, FORD E-450 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The presence of bubbles may hinder driver's visibility thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the windshield if bubbles are present, free of charge. The recall began in January 2014. Owners may contact the Ford customer relationship center at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's recall campaign number is 11C20.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Ford E-150 recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Ford E-250 recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Ford E-350 recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Ford E-450 recalls: 28 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11V445, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v445/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V445 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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c2bc4ebc - Remedy
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