NHTSA Campaign 00V395000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
NHTSA campaign 00V395000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V395000 with NHTSA on November 28, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V395000, NHTSA lists up to 100,500 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 26, 1998 and November 23, 1999.
The 00V395000 report reached NHTSA 12 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V395000 were scheduled from January 23, 2001, 56 days after the report.
00V395000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V395000 covers have filed at least 133 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V395000 ranks 71 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V395000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 00V395000 was 00V229002, reported on August 18, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.27 OR 3.55 AXLE RATION. THE SUBJECT VEHICLES HAVE A POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE THAT COULD ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO EXCEED THE DESIGN INTENT TOP SPEED. AT THESE EXTREME SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE COULD BE CAPABLE OF EXCEEDING THE SPEED RATING OF THE TIRE.
- The risk
- OPERATING THE VEHICLE ABOVE THE MAXIMUM SPEED RATING COULD LEAD TO A TIRE FAILURE WHICH AT THESE SPEEDS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 23, 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 November 28, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V395000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V395000, 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: November 28, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted