--- title: "Recall: 2015-17 Ford Transit Water Enter Trailer Tow Module" url: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2017/11/recall-2015-17-ford-transit-water-enter-trailer-tow-module/" publisher: "Pickup Truck + SUV Talk" content_signal: "search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no" author: "Tim Esterdahl" published: "2017-11-22T18:07:04+00:00" image: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/USC50FOV354A021001.jpg" --- # Recall: 2015-17 Ford Transit Water Enter Trailer Tow Module By Tim Esterdahl Published: 2017-11-22T18:07:04+00:00 ![Featured image]() ![Recall: 2015-17 Ford Transit Water Enter Trailer Tow Module]()Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Ford Transit vehicles, equipped with a trailer tow module. Water can enter the tow modules and corrode the wiring causing issues such as rapidly flashing turn signals, loss of instrument panel display, an electrical short and possibly the deployment of seatbelt pretensioner. **NHTSA Campaign Number:**17V668000 **Manufacturer** Ford Motor Company **Components** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM **Potential Number of Units Affected**65,206 **Remedy** Ford will notify owners, and dealers will add a drainage hole in the driver’s door stepwell and incorporate a fuse into the vehicle’s wiring harness, free of charge. Interim notices informing owners of the safety risk and an interim repair are expected to be mailed in November 2017. Owners will receive a second notice when the remedy becomes available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford’s number for this recall is 17S34. **Notes** Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. ## Structured page information ~~~json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2017/11/recall-2015-17-ford-transit-water-enter-trailer-tow-module/#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2017/11/recall-2015-17-ford-transit-water-enter-trailer-tow-module/" }, "author": { "name": "Tim Esterdahl", "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/#/schema/person/82b06f99329f69a069a5ab6caed18593" }, "headline": "Recall: 2015-17 Ford Transit Water Enter Trailer Tow Module", "datePublished": "2017-11-22T18:07:04+00:00", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2017/11/recall-2015-17-ford-transit-water-enter-trailer-tow-module/" }, "wordCount": 187, "commentCount": 0, "publisher": { "@id": 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