NHTSA Campaign 00V302000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 00V302000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control: cables. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V302000 with NHTSA on October 12, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V302000, NHTSA lists up to 28,800 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 8, 1999 and February 25, 2000.
The 00V302000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V302000 were scheduled from October 12, 2000, 0 days after the report.
00V302000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V302000 ranks 96 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V302000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 00V302000 was 00V210001, reported on August 9, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. A SPEED CONTROL CABLE COULD HAVE A CORE WIRE THAT IS LONG ENOUGH TO CATCH ON THE SLEEVE AT THE THROTTLE BODY END OF THE CABLE DURING WIDE-OPEN THROTTLE ACCELERATION.
- The risk
- A THROTTLE THAT DOES NOT RETURN TO IDLE COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VEHICLE CONTROL AND, POTENTIALLY, A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THESE VEHICLES AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 12, 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 12, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V302000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V302000, 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 12, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted