NHTSA Campaign 00V349000
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
NHTSA campaign 00V349000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the parking brake: conventional. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V349000 with NHTSA on October 30, 2000; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 00V349000, NHTSA lists up to 434,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 4, 1993 and October 10, 2000.
The 00V349000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V349000 were scheduled from November 28, 2000, 29 days after the report.
00V349000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 00V349000 covers have filed at least 26 complaints naming the parking brake, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V349000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Mustang has the most (26).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V349000 ranks 30 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V349000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 2 other recalls on the parking brake on this site; the one before 00V349000 was 99V267000, reported on September 27, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. IF A VEHICLE IS PARKED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE NOT FULLY APPLIED AND NOT IN FIRST GEAR, AS DIRECTED IN THE OWNER GUIDE, AND THE SELF ADJUSTMENT PAWL SUBSEQUENTLY SKIPS ONE OR TWO TEETH, THE VEHICLE COULD MOVE ON SOME GRADES.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL AND INSTALL A PLATE OR OVER-BRACKET TO THE CONTROL TO LOCK THE SELF ADJUST MECHANISM IN POSITION FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENT.
- Notes
- 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 30, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V349000 (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V349000, 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