NHTSA Campaign 00V073000
TRAILER HITCHES
NHTSA campaign 00V073000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the trailer hitches. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V073000 with NHTSA on March 7, 2000; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 00V073000, NHTSA lists up to 565,800 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 22, 1996 and December 9, 1999.
The 00V073000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V073000 were scheduled from May 15, 2000, 69 days after the report.
00V073000 covers 2 models from Ford and Lincoln, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V073000 ranks 20 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V073000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 1 other recall on the trailer hitches on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES. THE TRAILER HITCH ASSEMBLY TO THE FRAME ATTACHING BOLTS COULD LOSE THE CLAMP LOAD.
- The risk
- THE TRAILER HITCH COULD THEN SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNTING BOLTS AND NUT PLATES.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MAY 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 00V073000 (2)
Ford (1)
Lincoln (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V073000, 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