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Ford quickly moving the shift lever from Park to Drive may cause a loss of gear indication on the instrument cluster display and a momentary selection of an unintended gear, such as Reverse or Neutral before the vehicle achieves Drive function.

NHTSA campaign 17V-669 · Reported October 23, 2017 · 12,429 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Ford F-150
VEHICLES AFFECTED
12,429
REMEDY
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the powertrain control module, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Ford Motor Company reported a problem with the lever and linkage column shift. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

Quickly moving the shift lever from Park to Drive may cause a loss of gear indication on the instrument cluster display and a momentary selection of an unintended gear, such as Reverse or Neutral before the vehicle achieves Drive function.

WHY IT MATTERS

Unidentified or unintended gear selection may cause the vehicle to move in a way that was not intended by the driver, increasing the risk of crash or injury.

WHAT TO DO

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the powertrain control module, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 17V-669.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2018Ford F-150

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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