Dearborn, Michigan — If you drive a Ford Fusion or a Lincoln MKZ, you may want to listen up. Ford is recalling over 100,000 of these vehicles due to a seat belt issue.
Ford Motor Company officials tell us they are issuing a safety recall for select 2015 Ford Fusion and 2015 Lincoln MKZ vehicles for an issue involving seat belt anchor pretensioners. In affected vehicles, increased temperatures generated during deployment of the driver or front-passenger seat belt anchor pretensioner could degrade the tensile strength of the cable below the level needed to restrain an occupant. Seat belt assemblies that do not adequately restrain the occupant in a crash can increase the risk of injury.
Ford officials tell us they are aware of one report of injury related to this condition.
They say the action affects 103,374 vehicles in the United States and federal territories, 4,002 in Canada and 1,023 in Mexico.
Affected vehicles include:
2015 Ford Fusion vehicles built at Flat Rock Assembly Plant from Aug. 1, 2014 to Jan. 30, 2015 and at Hermosillo Assembly Plant from Aug. 1, 2014 to Nov. 24, 2014 — and —
2015 Lincoln MKZ vehicles built at Hermosillo Assembly Plant from Aug. 1, 2014 to Nov. 21, 2014
When you take your vehicle to your dealer, Ford says they will apply a coating to protect the cable during a pretensioner deployment. The Ford reference number for this recall is 19S25.
