NHTSA Campaign 00V351000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NHTSA campaign 00V351000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring: interior/under dash. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V351000 with NHTSA on October 30, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V351000, NHTSA lists up to 180,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 18, 1999 and February 1, 2000.
The 00V351000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V351000 were scheduled from January 24, 2001, 86 days after the report.
00V351000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V351000 covers have filed at least 222 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V351000 ranks 53 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V351000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 12 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 00V351000 was 00V072000, reported on March 7, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINIVANS BUILT WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS WITHOUT THE MESSAGE CENTER, FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF STANDARD NO. 118, "POWER-OPERATED WINDOW, PARTITION, AND ROOF PANEL SYSTEMS." THE POWER WINDOWS MAY BE OPERABLE AFTER THE IGNITION HAS BEEN TURNED TO THE "OFF" POSITION AND THE FRONT DOORS ARE OPENED.
- The risk
- THE STANDARD REQUIRES THAT POWER OPERATED WINDOWS MAY BE CLOSED ONLY WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE "ON," "START," OR "ACCESSORY" POSITIONS, OR DURING THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE TIME THE KEY IS TURNED OFF, AND THE OPENING OF EITHER OF THE VEHICLE'S FRONT DOORS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RECONFIGURE THE VEHICLE FRONT END ELECTRONIC MODULE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 24, 2001. 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 00V351000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V351000, 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