NHTSA Campaign 00V170000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
NHTSA campaign 00V170000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V170000 with NHTSA on June 19, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V170000, NHTSA lists up to 8,100 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 22, 1999 and April 29, 2000.
The 00V170000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V170000 were scheduled from July 27, 2000, 38 days after the report.
00V170000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V170000 covers have filed at least 8 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V170000 ranks 128 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V170000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V170000 was 00V075000, reported on March 9, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: F-SUPER DUTY STRIPPED MOTOR HOME CHASSIS BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE A MISSING OR PARTIALLY INSTALLED BRAKE PEDAL TO MASTER CYLINDER PUSHROD RETAINING CLIP.
- The risk
- IF THE CLIP IS MISSING OR FALLS OUT, THE PUSHROD COULD DISCONNECT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, RESULTING IN THE OPERATOR BEING UNABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE RETAINING CLIP INSTALLATION. MISSING OR PARTIALLY INSTALLED CLIPS WILL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED. IN ADDITION, DEALERS WILL ALSO INSPECT VEHICLES FOR LOWER THAN INTENDED WHEEL LUG NUT TORQUE; INCOMPLETE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE INSTALLATION; STEERING COLUMN SHIFT LEVER BRACKET BOLT TORQUE LOWER THAN INTENDED; STEERING GEAR BRACKET FASTENER TORQUE LOWER THAN INTENDED; AND LOWER STEERING COLUMN YOKE BOLT TORQUE LOWER THAN INTENDED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 27, 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 June 19, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V170000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V170000, 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: June 19, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted