NHTSA Campaign 00V210001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 00V210001 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V210001 with NHTSA on August 9, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V210001, NHTSA lists up to 1,193 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 31, 2000 and July 26, 2000.
Owner notification letters for 00V210001 were scheduled from August 6, 2000.
00V210001 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V210001 covers have filed at least 107 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V210001 ranks 162 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V210001, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 00V210001 was 99V346000, reported on December 3, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL. THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE CAN HAVE A CRACKED OR MISSING SPEED CONTROL CABLE SERVO CAP LOCATING TAB. THE LOCATING TAB COULD ENTER THE SERVO CLUTCH CAVITY AND INTERFERE WITH THE SPEED CONTROL SERVO CLUTCH. ALSO, WATER COULD ENTER THOSE UNITS THAT CONTAIN A CRACKED OR MISSING SERVO CAP LOCATING TAB, EVENTUALLY CAUSING CORROSION THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE FUNCTION OF THE SPEED CONTROL.
- The risk
- IF EITHER OF THESE CONDITIONS OCCURS AND THE SPEED CONTROL IS USED, THE SPEED CONTROL COULD PREVENT THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO IDLE, RESULTING IN A STUCK THROTTLE. A STUCK THROTTLE COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SPEED CONTROL CABLES. VEHICLES WITH SPEED CONTROL CABLES FROM CAVITIES 3 AND 4 WILL HAVE THE CABLE THE SPEED CONTROL SERVO REPLACED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 6, 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 August 9, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V210001 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V210001, 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: August 9, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted