NHTSA Campaign 00V200000
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:INTEGRATED JACK/LEVELER/STABILIZER
NHTSA campaign 00V200000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: mechanical: integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V200000 with NHTSA on July 18, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V200000, NHTSA lists up to 875,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 18, 1997 and June 15, 2000.
The 00V200000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V200000 were scheduled from August 3, 2000, 16 days after the report.
00V200000 covers 3 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V200000 ranks 14 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V200000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 00V200000 was 99V361000, reported on December 29, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES HAVE JACKING INSTRUCTIONS WHICH, IF FOLLOWED, COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE OPERATOR TO PLACE THE JACK ON A FRAME WELD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RAISE A REAR WHEEL. IF THE VEHICLE IS JACKED UP WITH THE JACK PLACED ON THE FRAME WELD AND IF THE VEHICLE IS FREE TO ROLL (WHEELS NOT BLOCKED OR CHOCKED), THE JACK COULD YIELD AND THE VEHICLE MAY DROP SUDDENLY.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS AND ANY PORTION OF THE OPERATOR'S BODY IS UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL INJURY EXISTS.
- The fix
- OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A REVISED JACK INSTRUCTION AND STOWAGE CARD AND JACK WARNING LABEL, AS WELL AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE OWNER GUIDE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 3, 2000. OWNERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE INSTRUCTIONS AND LABEL WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
Reported July 18, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V200000 (3)
Ford (1)
Lincoln (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V200000, 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 18, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted