Certain vehicles equipped with an original equipment spare tire, the body-side sill assemblies may deform during tire jack use if wheel chocks are not used as instructed in the Owner’s Manual. This could cause the vehicle to become unstable and cause the jack to fail, which could result in injury to the operator.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will provide wheel chocks to vehicle owners. The wheel chocks will be installed with the vehicle’s spare tire in such a manner that they must be removed before the spare tire is removed from its stowed location.
On certain vehicles equipped with a power liftgate, corrosion could occur in the liftgate control module, which could result in an electrical short, potentially resulting in a fire causing injury and/or damage to property.
Certain vehicles may not comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 201 - Occupant Protection. The console-compartment latch assembly may be unable to retain the door in the event of a crash, contrary to the requirements of the standard, increasing the risk of injury to the occupant.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the console-compartment latch assembly.
On certain vehicles equipped with 5.7L engines and dual exhaust, the vehicle may have been built with a missing spare tire passenger side tire heat shield. This could allow thermal damage to the spare tire to occur. If a damaged spare tire were to be used, rapid air loss due to tread separation or side wall rupture could occur, potentially resulting in a loss of vehicle control, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect for the presence of a passenger side spare tire heat shield. If the passenger side spare tire heat shield is not present, a heat shield will be installed.
On certain vehicles, the backrest of the manual reclining second row seat system may not latch properly. If this occurs, the seat belt may not correctly restrain the occupant which could increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the latching mechanism as necessary.
On certain motorcycles, the accessory backrest mount hardware kits may have contained bolts that were only to be used when mounting the kit with a backrest and saddlebag supports. This could cause the mounting bolts to stick out past the inside part of the rear fender which may, under certain conditions, come in contact with the rear tire causing a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the accessory backrest mounting hardware kit bolts with the correct length bolts.
On certain motorcycles, the saddlebags mounting receptacles may not adequately secure the saddlebags to the motorcycle during use. This could result in the separation of the saddlebags from the motorcycle while in motion, creating a road hazard for other motorists, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
On certain vehicles equipped with a power liftgate, corrosion could occur in the liftgate control module, which could result in an electrical short, potentially resulting in a fire causing injury and/or damage to property.
On certain vehicles, if the driver assist system were to become disabled due to a brake light switch failure, the system could fail to inform the driver that the automatic braking, adaptive cruise control and pre-collision braking systems are disabled. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
On certain vehicles equipped with EyeSight driver assist technology, the French version of the EyeSight Owner’s Manual my contain incorrect translations of certain text. If the vehicle were to be operated as described in the mistranslated French text, it could increase the risk of a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Subaru will send corrected French EyeSight manuals directly to affected vehicle owners and additional corrected manuals will be available to all Dealers.
On certain motorcycles, an undersized side stand pivot bolt may have been installed at time of assembly. As a result, the side stand bolt could fracture, allowing the motorcycle to fall over. This could pose a risk of injury to bystanders.
On certain vehicles, a fault in the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) could impair the vehicle's ability to determine the location of the individual tire pressure monitoring sensors. This would render the system inactive, displaying a "TPMS system fault" message on the instrument cluster. An inoperative TPMS could allow underinflated tires to go unnoticed by the driver, which could affect vehicle stability and increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
On certain vehicles equipped with a dealer-installed trailer hitch, hitch mounting hardware may have been overtightened at time of assembly. This could reduce the strength of the fasteners, potentially causing the trailer hitch to detach from the vehicle while a trailer is being towed. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the mounting hardware and replace as necessary.
On certain vehicles, a programming feature which limits vehicle speed in the event of a deployable rear spoiler fault may not function as intended. This could allow the vehicle to be operated at higher speeds without the spoiler being in the deployed position, which could affect vehicle handling and increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
On certain vehicles, insulation on the engine block heater power cord may become damaged if the cord is handled during very cold days (temperatures below -25C). This could create an electrical shock hazard, which could result in personal injury.
On certain vehicles, the bond securing the front panel of the panoramic glass roof to the vehicle may be deficient. Reduced adhesion could allow water entry, excessive noise and could cause the front glass panel to completely detach from the vehicle. If this were to occur while the vehicle is in motion, the glass panel could possibly striking another vehicle, a stationary object, or a bystander, causing injury and/or property damage.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the front glass panel of the panoramic glass roof.
Certain vehicles equipped with a base radio and internal amplifier may fail to conform to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 114 - Theft Protection and Rollaway Protection, and CMVSS 208 - Occupant Crash Protection. The radio may become inoperative, causing a no-chime condition and disabling the audible warning if the key is in the ignition and the driver’s door is opened, or if a front outboard seat belt is not buckled. A loss of the seat belt audible warning may increase the likelihood of a front outboard occupant being unbelted, increasing the risk of injury in a crash. Similarly, the loss of an audible warning when a key is left in the ignition may increase the risk of vehicle theft.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers are to program the radio with updated software.
On certain vehicles, when cruise control is engaged and the accelerator pedal is depressed to override the cruise control, a defect in cruise control software could cause momentary continued acceleration after releasing the accelerator pedal. Depending on traffic and road conditions, and the driver’s reactions, this could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will reprogram the driver assistance module.
A safety defect may exist in Ford aftermarket all-weather floor mats sold as accessories or service replacement parts for 2006-2011 Ford Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ vehicles. The floor mats are secured by a single retention device, which could allow the driver's floor mat to move out of position and interfere with the accelerator pedal. If this occurs, the accelerator pedal could fail to return to idle. This could result in a crash causing injury and/or property damage.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace Ford aftermarket all-weather floor mats with an updated design having two retention devices.
On certain vehicles equipped with a factory installed block heater, the block heater could overheat while in use. This could result in a fire causing injury and/or property damage.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the block heater. Owners are advised to stop using the block heater in the interim.
