NHTSA Campaign 00V292001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
NHTSA campaign 00V292001 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: rack and pinion. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V292001 with NHTSA on October 10, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V292001, NHTSA lists up to 67,200 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 18, 1998 and March 6, 2000.
The 00V292001 report reached NHTSA 7 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V292001 were scheduled from November 28, 2000, 49 days after the report.
00V292001 covers 1 model from Mercury, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V292001 ranks 83 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V292001, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 00V292001 was 00V223001, reported on August 8, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS. ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR TO THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY TIGHTENED.
- The risk
- THERE COULD BE A LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY NOISE OR VIBRATION.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES AND, IF THE BOLTS ARE MISSING, WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR MOUNTING BOLTS. ALL BOLTS WILL BE TIGHTENED TO THE SPECIFIED TORQUE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN NOVEMBER 28, 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 October 10, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V292001 (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V292001, 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: October 10, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted