NHTSA Campaign 00V228001
SEAT BELTS
NHTSA campaign 00V228001 covers 10 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seat belts. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V228001 with NHTSA on August 18, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V228001, NHTSA lists up to 144,435 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 3, 2000 and August 10, 2000.
Owner notification letters for 00V228001 were scheduled from October 26, 2000, 69 days after the report.
00V228001 covers 10 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V228001 covers have filed at least 17 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V228001 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Escort has the most (11).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V228001 ranks 57 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V228001, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 13 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 00V228001 was 00V157002, reported on June 12, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES, LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AND MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH TRW SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE OF THESE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND THEREFORE DO NOT PASS THE LOAD BEARING REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, THE OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE DATE CODE ON CERTAIN SEAT BELT BUCKLES OF YOUR VEHICLE AND REPLACE ALL SEAT BELT BUCKLES THAT FALL WITHIN THE SUSPECT DATE CODE RANGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 26, 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 18, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V228001 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V228001, 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 18, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted