NHTSA Campaign 00V072000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
NHTSA campaign 00V072000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V072000 with NHTSA on March 7, 2000; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 00V072000, NHTSA lists up to 208,903 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 14, 1998 and September 12, 1999.
The 00V072000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V072000 were scheduled from April 15, 2000, 39 days after the report.
00V072000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V072000 covers have filed at least 97 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V072000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Explorer has the most (78).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V072000 ranks 48 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V072000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 12 other recalls on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L ENGINES AND ALL-TIME 4-WHEEL DRIVE (A4WD) POWERTRAINS. THE GENERIC ELECTRONIC MODULE (GEM) COULD EXPERIENCE A CONDITION REFERRED TO AS "LOCK-UP" IN WHICH THE GEM CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS (E.G., FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, 4X4 SYSTEM, ETC.) COULD NOT BE TURNED ON OR, IN SOME CASES IF THE FUNCTION IS ON, COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF.
- The risk
- AN INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM COULD AFFECT DRIVER VISIBILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A RESISTOR IN THE GEM CIRCUIT.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 15, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
Reported March 7, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V072000 (2)
Ford (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V072000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: March 7, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted