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Ford C-max recalls

85 official recall campaigns for the Ford C-max, published by vehicle safety authorities in Germany, Finland, France, UK, Greece, Israel and 3 more, covering model years 2003–2024. The most recent was issued in 2026 (3 that year). A recall applies to specific build dates and VINs, so check yours before assuming it's affected — or not.

85 campaigns
55 rated high risk
Latest: 2026
🇩🇪 Germany
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷 France
🇬🇧 UK
🇬🇷 Greece
🇮🇱 Israel
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇸🇰 Slovakia

Common Ford C-max recall issues

The parts and failures that come up most often in these campaigns.

Engine 11
Electrical & software 7
Steering 5
Seat belts 4
Brakes 4
Airbags 3

Ford C-max recalls by year

2026 · 3
2025 · 2
2024 · 4
2023 · 1
2022 · 1
2021 · 1
2020 · 1
2019 · 9
2018 · 23
2017 · 6
2016 · 1
2014 · 7
2013 · 3
2011 · 4
2009 · 3
2008 · 8
2007 · 4
2006 · 1
2005 · 1
2004 · 1

Ford C-max recalls in 2026 (3)

Ford C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2026-09-25 🇩🇪 Germany 24E06
Medium
Ford Focus / C-MAX / Transit Connect / Galaxy / S-MAX / Mondeo / Kuga — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, FR) 2026-09-18 🇫🇷 France · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2014–2022 SR/02468/26 / 24E06
High risk
Ford Focus/C-MAX/Transit Connect/Galaxy/S-MAX/Mondeo/Kuga — safety recall (Slovakia) 2026-09-17 🇸🇰 Slovakia Model years 2014–2024 SR/02468/26 (Safety Gate)
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2025 (2)

Back Over Prevention: Sensing System: Camera 2025-10-13 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2015–2020 25V695000
Medium
Ford B-MAX, C-MAX, CONNECT — safety recall (Netherlands) 2025-01-10 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP250007 / 24E06
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2024 (4)

Ford B-MAX, KUGA, FIESTA, S-MAX, ECO SPORT, TOURNEO COURIER, C-MAX, TOURNEO CONNECT, GRAND C-MAX, TRANSIT COURIER, FOCUS, RANGER, TRANSIT CONNECT, MONDEO, GALAXY — safety recall (Germany) 2024-12-17 🇩🇪 Germany 24E06
Medium
Ford C-Max, Focus, Galaxy — safety recall (Slovakia) 2024-02-01 🇸🇰 Slovakia A12/00141/24 (Safety Gate)
Medium
Ford C-Max, Focus — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, DE) 2024-01-26 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2014–2015 A12/00141/24 / 17S45
High risk
Ford S-MAX, KUGA, GALAXY, C-MAX, FOCUS, MONDEO — safety recall (Germany) 2024-01-04 🇩🇪 Germany 17S45
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2023 (1)

Ford FUSION, C-MAX, ESCAPE, EDGE, TRANSIT — safety recall (Germany) 2023-03-21 🇩🇪 Germany 22S43
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2022 (1)

Power Train: Automatic Transmission: Gear Position Indication (Prndl) 2022-06-10 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2015–2021 22V413000
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2021 (1)

Ford focus, c-max voiture de tourisme sous le code de rappel ford: 19s30. — safety recall (France) 2021-05-06 🇫🇷 France a12/1602/19
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2020 (1)

Ford FOCUS, C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2020-12-06 🇩🇪 Germany 19S30
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2019 (9)

Ford C-Max, Focus — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, DE) 2019-12-06 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2009–2013 A12/1883/19
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Netherlands) 2019-11-14 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP190493 / 19S30
High risk
Ford FOCUS, C-MAX — Seat belt anchorage bolt partially engaged (UK) 2019-11-05 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2019 R/2019/334
High risk
Ford Focus, C-Max — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, GB) 2019-11-01 🇬🇧 UK · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2019 A12/1602/19
High risk
Ford S-MAX, GALAXY, TRANSIT CONNECT, C-MAX, MONDEO, FOCUS, KUGA — safety recall (Germany) 2019-04-04 🇩🇪 Germany 18S39
High risk
Api Cz FORD TRANSIT CONNECT, C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Netherlands) 2019-02-26 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP190023 / 18S39
Medium
Ford C-MAX, KUGA, S-MAX — Vehicle could suffer clutch pressure plate fracture (UK) 2019-02-22 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2016–2018 R/2018/351
High risk
Ford c-max, focus, kuga — safety recall (France) 2019-01-11 🇫🇷 France a12/0028/19
Medium
Ford C-Max, Focus — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, GB) 2019-01-11 🇬🇧 UK · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2016–2018 A12/0028/19
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2018 (23)

Ford FUSION HYBRID, FOCUS ELECTRIC, C-MAX — Equipment: Electrical (US) 2018-09-10 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2012–2015 18V592000
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX, Mondeo — safety recall (Finland) 2018-09-10 🇫🇮 Finland 18S07 / Traficom 7317
Medium
Ford Focus, C-MAX, Mondeo — safety recall (Finland) 2018-09-10 🇫🇮 Finland 18S39 / Traficom 7648
High risk
Ford C-Max, Focus — Passenger car / van recall (EU Safety Gate, DE) 2018-07-20 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2014–2018 A12/0963/18
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS, GALAXY — safety recall (Netherlands) 2018-07-19 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP180340 / 18S07
High risk
Ford KUGA, S-MAX, MONDEO — Clutch pressure plate may fracture (UK) 2018-07-16 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2013–2016 R/2018/082
High risk
Ford C-MAX, KUGA, TRANSIT CONNECT, MONDEO, FOCUS, S-MAX, GALAXY — safety recall (Germany) 2018-06-25 🇩🇪 Germany 18S07
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX, Kuga — safety recall (Finland) 2018-04-27 🇫🇮 Finland 17S45 / Traficom 7185
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2018-04-27 🇫🇮 Finland 17S38 / Traficom 7187
Medium
Ford C-MAX, GALAXY, S-MAX, FOCUS, MONDEO, KUGA — safety recall (Germany) 2018-04-04 🇩🇪 Germany 17S45
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS, GALAXY — safety recall (Netherlands) 2018-03-26 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP180147 / 17S45
High risk
Ford Various models, Focus — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, GB) 2018-03-23 🇬🇧 UK · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2014–2015 A12/0416/18
High risk
Ford FOCUS, C-MAX — Casting defect may cause alloy wheel(s) to crack (UK) 2018-03-19 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2016 R/2018/011
Medium
Ford C-MAX, GALAXY, FOCUS — Oil sump may crack due to the engine overheating (UK) 2018-03-12 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2014–2015 R/2018/053
Medium
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Germany) 2018-02-21 🇩🇪 Germany 17S38
Medium
Ford Various models, Kuga — Passenger car / van recall (EU Safety Gate, GB) 2018-02-09 🇬🇧 UK · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2010–2014 A12/0168/18
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, GB) 2018-02-09 🇬🇧 UK · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2016 A12/0169/18
High risk
Ford C-MAX — safety recall (Netherlands) 2018-02-05 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP180049 / 17S38
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS, TRANSIT — safety recall (Netherlands) 2018-01-29 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP170624 / FFCT17
High risk
Ford C-MAX, KUGA, FOCUS, FIESTA, TRANSIT — safety recall (Germany) 2018-01-22 🇩🇪 Germany 17S09
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FIESTA, FOCUS — safety recall (Netherlands) 2018-01-17 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP180024 / 17S09
Medium
Ford Kuga, Focus, C-Max — safety recall (Finland) 2018-01-17 🇫🇮 Finland 17S09 / Traficom 7157
High risk
Ford C-MAX, KUGA, FIESTA ST — The engine cylinder head may crack (UK) 2018-01-08 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2010–2014 R/2018/008
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2017 (6)

Ford Transit, Focus — Passenger car / van recall (EU Safety Gate, DE) 2017-12-22 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2003–2011 A12/1818/17
High risk
Ford FOCUS, TRANSIT, C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2017-11-21 🇩🇪 Germany FFCT17
Medium
Ford Focus, C-MAX, Kuga — safety recall (Finland) 2017-09-18 🇫🇮 Finland 17S06 / Traficom 7001
High risk
Ford KUGA, C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Germany) 2017-09-07 🇩🇪 Germany 17S06
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS, KUGA — safety recall (Netherlands) 2017-08-30 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP170449 / 17S06
Medium
Structure: Body 2017-01-24 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2016 17V052000
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2016 (1)

Ford C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Germany) 2016-03-09 🇩🇪 Germany 4C570
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2014 (7)

Ford ESCAPE, FUSION, MKZ — Seat Belts (US) 2014-09-26 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2013–2014 14V597000
High risk
DO NOT DRIVE — Ford C-MAX, FOCUS — Steering (US) 2014-08-22 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2014 14V514000
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2014-07-01 🇫🇮 Finland Traficom 6362
Medium
Ford Focus & C-MAX, Unknown — Passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, GB) 2014-06-13 🇬🇧 UK · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate Model years 2004–2007 A12/0825/14
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Netherlands) 2014-06-11 🇳🇱 Netherlands MGP140128 / 4C570
High risk
Ford ESCAPE, C-MAX — Air Bags: Side/Window (US) 2014-05-07 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2013–2014 14V237000
High risk
Ford ESCAPE, MKZ, C-MAX — Seats: Front Assembly: Recliner (US) 2014-04-02 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2013–2014 14V164000
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2013 (3)

Ford C-MAX, FOCUS ELECTRIC, C-MAX ENERGI — Equipment: Electrical: Anti-Theft Devices (US) 2013-10-17 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2012–2013 13V475000
Medium
Ford redundant C-MAX HYBRID — Structure (US) 2013-07-10 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2013 13V303000
High risk
Ford redundant C-MAX HYBRID, FOCUS, ESCAPE — Latches/Locks/Linkages (US) 2013-03-07 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2013 13V085000
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2011 (4)

Ford Grand C-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2011-07-11 🇫🇮 Finland Traficom 6096
Medium
Ford FOCUS, C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2011-06-23 🇩🇪 Germany 1C380
High risk
Ford Passengers’ cars, model Grand C-Max (Recall Ref: 1U365) — Passenger car Grand C-Max recall (EU Safety Gate, GR) 2011-03-11 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate 0207/11
High risk
Ford C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2011-02-23 🇩🇪 Germany 1U365
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2009 (3)

Ford C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2009-11-19 🇩🇪 Germany 9C268
High risk
Ford MONDEO, KUGA, GALAXY, C-MAX, S-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Germany) 2009-06-18 🇩🇪 Germany 9U225
High risk
Ford models Focus, Focus CC — Passenger car - Focus, Focus CC, C-MAX, Kuga, Mondeo, S-MAX, Galaxy recall (EU Safety Gate, GR) 2009-06-12 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate 0738/09
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2008 (8)

Ford Focus, Focus CC and Focus C-Max — Passenger car power-assisted steering hose in Ford Focus recall (EU Safety Gate, GR) 2008-09-01 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate 0941/08
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2008-08-25 🇫🇮 Finland Traficom 5782
High risk
Ford FOCUS, C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2008-08-01 🇩🇪 Germany 8U186
High risk
Ford C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2008-01-01 🇩🇪 Germany 6C041
Medium
Ford GALAXY, S-MAX, C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Germany) 2008-01-01 🇩🇪 Germany 7C127
High risk
Ford FOCUS, FIESTA, C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2008-01-01 🇩🇪 Germany 5C979
High risk
Ford FOCUS, C-MAX — safety recall (Germany) 2008-01-01 🇩🇪 Germany 4C959
High risk
Ford C-MAX, FOCUS — safety recall (Germany) 2008-01-01 🇩🇪 Germany 5C002
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2007 (4)

Ford Passenger cars, models Focus — Passenger car - Brake vacuum pump in Ford passenger car recall (EU Safety Gate, GR) 2007-12-21 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate 1315/07
High risk
Ford Focus, C-MAX, S-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2007-12-11 🇫🇮 Finland Traficom 5770
High risk
Ford Ford Focus and Ford Focus C-Max — Passenger car – Ford Focus recall (EU Safety Gate, PT) 2007-06-15 🇵🇹 Portugal · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate 0544/07
High risk
Ford Passengers’ cars, models C-MAX & GALAXY — Heated windscreen earth point recall (EU Safety Gate, GR) 2007-02-23 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇪🇺 EU Safety Gate 0121/07
High risk

Ford C-max recalls in 2006 (1)

Ford FOCUS C MAX — Engine may fail (UK) 2006-07-05 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2004 R/2006/092
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2005 (1)

Ford Focus, Focus C-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2005-08-15 🇫🇮 Finland Traficom 5469
Medium

Ford C-max recalls in 2004 (1)

Ford Focus C-MAX — safety recall (Finland) 2004-11-11 🇫🇮 Finland Traficom 5468
High risk

Ford C-max recalls without a published date (1)

Ford C-MAX — safety recall (Israel) 🇮🇱 Israel Model years 2010–2011 14766
Medium

Ford C-max recalls by country

Country	Campaigns	Official recall check
🇩🇪 Germany	27	KBA · recall database (Rückrufdatenbank)
🇬🇧 UK	13	DVSA · registration or VIN lookup
🇫🇮 Finland	12	Traficom · recall search
🇺🇸 United States	11	NHTSA · VIN lookup
🇳🇱 Netherlands	10	EU Safety Gate · EU product alerts
🇬🇷 Greece	5	EU Safety Gate · EU product alerts
🇫🇷 France	3	RappelConso · recall notices
🇸🇰 Slovakia	2	EU Safety Gate · EU product alerts
🇵🇹 Portugal	1	EU Safety Gate · EU product alerts
🇮🇱 Israel	1	—

How to check if your Ford C-max has a recall

A recall covers specific build dates and vehicle identification numbers (VINs), not every Ford C-max on the road. To see whether yours is affected:

Look up your VIN or registration on the official recall checker for the country where the car is registered: KBA (Germany), DVSA (UK), Traficom (Finland), NHTSA (United States), EU Safety Gate (Netherlands), RappelConso (France).
Ask an authorised Ford dealer: recall repairs are free, including on used cars and cars serviced elsewhere.
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