NHTSA Campaign 00V115000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
NHTSA campaign 00V115000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V115000 with NHTSA on April 19, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V115000, NHTSA lists up to 3,300 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 17, 1998 and December 23, 1999.
The 00V115000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V115000 were scheduled from May 15, 2000, 26 days after the report.
00V115000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V115000 ranks 144 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V115000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the wheels on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CUTAWAYS AND STRIPPED CHASSIS WITH SINGLE REAR WHEELS. THE LUG NUTS CAN POTENTIALLY BOTTOM OUT ON A SHOULDER ON THE STUDS.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, THERE CAN BE AN INADEQUATE CLAMP LOAD TO ATTACH THE WHEEL TO THE AXLE, RESULTING IN NOISE, DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL AND HUB, OR IN EXTREME CASES, LOSS OF A REAR WHEEL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR WHEEL ATTACHING STUDS.
- 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 April 19, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V115000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V115000, 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: April 19, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted