NHTSA Campaign 00V179000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 00V179000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V179000 with NHTSA on July 5, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V179000, NHTSA lists up to 2,300 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 2000 and June 20, 2000.
Owner notification letters for 00V179000 were scheduled from July 10, 2000, 5 days after the report.
00V179000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V179000 covers have filed at least 71 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V179000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Explorer has the most (62).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V179000 ranks 151 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V179000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 00V179000 was 00V050000, reported on February 17, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 4-DOOR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SIDE AIR BAGS. THE SUBJECT VEHICLES HAVE A REVISED LEVEL SIDE CRASH SENSOR THAT COULD DEPLOY THE SIDE AIR BAG IF THE IGNITION KEY IS IN THE "RUN" POSITION AND THE SEATBELT WEBBING IS FORCIBLY EXTRACTED FROM A LOCKED RETRACTOR WITH A JERKING MOTION.
- The risk
- INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT COULD CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SIDE CRASH SENSORS WITH A REVISED DESIGN THAT WILL REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN UNEXPECTED SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 10, 2000. OWNERS WHO 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 July 5, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V179000 (2)
Ford (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V179000, 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: July 5, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted