NHTSA Campaign 00V242000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
NHTSA campaign 00V242000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: other: labels. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V242000 with NHTSA on August 24, 2000; NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance influenced the recall.
For 00V242000, NHTSA lists up to 167,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 4, 1999 and July 1, 2000.
The 00V242000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V242000 were scheduled from October 20, 2000, 57 days after the report.
00V242000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V242000 ranks 54 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V242000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 00V242000 was 00V200000, reported on July 18, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE "VEHICLE CAPACITY WEIGHT" AND "DESIGNATED SEATING CAPACITY" INFORMATION WAS NOT PRINTED ON THE SAFETY CERTIFICATION LABELS AFFIXED TO THESE VEHICLES. ON AFFECTED SABLE SEDAN VEHICLES, THE "VEHICLES CAPACITY WEIGHT" (AND ALSO THE LUGGAGE LOAD) INFORMATION PRINTED ON THIS LABEL IS INCORRECT - SABLE WAGON LUGGAGE LOAD WAS INCORRECTLY USED FOR THE SABLE SEDAN. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE LABEL REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS."
- The risk
- EXCESSIVE LOADING CAN CAUSE TIRE AND VEHICLE DAMAGE THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL LABEL WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION, ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR AFFIXING THE LABEL ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 20, 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 24, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V242000 (2)
Ford (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V242000, 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 24, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted