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Ford service replacement Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (hvac) blower motor that was installed may have an improper clearance between an electrical terminal and the conductive base plate that may result in an resistive electrical short.

NHTSA campaign 20V-137 · Reported March 9, 2020 · 5,384 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Ford Ranger
VEHICLES AFFECTED
5,384
REMEDY
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the HVAC blower motor, as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Ford Motor Company reported a problem with the defroster/defogger/hvac system fan/motor. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The service replacement Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) blower motor that was installed may have an improper clearance between an electrical terminal and the conductive base plate that may result in an resistive electrical short.

WHY IT MATTERS

A resistive electrical short increases the risk of a fire.

WHAT TO DO

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the HVAC blower motor, as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 20V-137.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2019Ford Ranger

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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