NHTSA campaign 11V574000 · Ford campaign 11S23

Ford and Mercury Recall 11V-574: FRACTURE WHEEL STUDS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 11V574000 (Ford campaign 11S23) was reported by FORD MOTOR COMPANY on December 7, 2011, with 128,616 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan for model years 2010–2011. Owners were notified on January 18, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 11V574000 (also written 11V-574 or 11V574)
Filed by: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Ford campaign number: 11S23
Report received: December 7, 2011
Potentially affected: 128,616 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Wheels — Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Owners notified: January 18, 2012
NHTSA investigations: Preliminary Evaluation PE11-003, Engineering Analysis EA11-009 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V574000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Ford

Ford Fusion
- 2010, 2011 · Vehicles built April 1, 2009 – April 30, 2009 (per NHTSA)

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Mercury

Mercury Milan
- 2010, 2011 · Vehicles built December 1, 2009 – November 13, 2010 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V574000.

Defect description

FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 FORD FUSION AND MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH STEEL WHEELS AND BUILT FROM APRIL 1, 2009, THROUGH APRIL 30, 2009, AND FROM DECEMBER 1, 2009, THROUGH NOVEMBER 13, 2010. THE WHEEL STUDS MAY FRACTURE, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A WHEEL TO SEPARATE.

Safety consequence

WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE STUD FRACTURES COULD OCCUR AT THE WHEEL LOCATION, AND THE OPERATOR MAY EXPERIENCE VEHICLE VIBRATION AND/OR WHEEL SEPARATION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR BRAKE DISC SURFACE FOR FLATNESS AND REPLACE THE DISCS AS NECESSARY. ADDITIONALLY, THE WHEEL LUG NUTS WILL BE REPLACED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 24, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332.

Notes

FORD'S RECALL NUMBER IS 11S23.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11V574000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.