Reporting safety defects (U.S. only)

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Ford Motor Company.

If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or Ford Motor Company.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at 1–888–327–4236 (TTY: 1–800–424–9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; or write to:
Administrator
1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast
Washington, D.C. 20590
You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.
See also:
Locking the doors
1. Press and release to lock all
the doors. The turn signal lamps will
illuminate.
2. Press and release again within
three seconds to confirm that all
the doors are closed. Note: The doors ...
Sounding a panic alarm
Press to activate the alarm. The
horn will sound and the turn lamps
will flash for a maximum of three minutes. Press again or turn the
ignition on to deactivate, or wait for the alarm to time o ...
Transmission code designations
You can find a transmission code on
the Safety Compliance Certification
Label. The following table tells you
which transmission each code
represents.
...
