NHTSA Campaign 00V270000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 00V270000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V270000 with NHTSA on September 13, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V270000, NHTSA lists up to 18,500 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 25, 2000 and September 5, 2000.
Owner notification letters for 00V270000 were scheduled from September 14, 2000, 1 day after the report.
00V270000 covers 4 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V270000 covers have filed at least 82 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V270000 vehicles, the 2001 Lincoln Town Car has the most (54).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V270000 ranks 106 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V270000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 00V270000 was 00V179000, reported on July 5, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, LIMOUSINES, AND MINI VANS WERE BUILT WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE (RCM). IN SOME CASES, THE RCM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE CERTAIN SYSTEM FAULTS THAT COULD RESULT IN AN AIR BAG OR SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER UNEXPECTEDLY ACTIVATING DURING THE SELF-TEST SEQUENCE AT VEHICLE START-UP.
- The risk
- THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RCM IN THESE VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 14, 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 September 13, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V270000 (4)
Lincoln (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V270000, 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: September 13, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted