NHTSA Campaign 00V348000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
NHTSA campaign 00V348000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: retractor. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V348000 with NHTSA on October 30, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V348000, NHTSA lists up to 830 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 30, 2000 and October 11, 2000.
The 00V348000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V348000 were scheduled from November 9, 2000, 10 days after the report.
00V348000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V348000 covers have filed at least 78 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V348000 ranks 168 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V348000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 13 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 00V348000 was 00V338001, reported on October 26, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: REGULAR CAB PICKUP TRUCKS. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MAY NOT FULLY RETRACT THE BELT.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE SLACK IN THE SEAT BELT WHEN WORN, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT, IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN NOVEMBER 9, 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 30, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V348000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V348000, 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 30, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted