NHTSA Campaign 00V412000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
NHTSA campaign 00V412000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V412000 with NHTSA on December 6, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V412000, NHTSA lists up to 16,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 8, 2000 and September 29, 2000.
The 00V412000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V412000 were scheduled from December 21, 2000, 15 days after the report.
00V412000 covers 4 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V412000 covers have filed at least 82 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V412000 vehicles, the 2001 Lincoln Town Car has the most (54).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V412000 ranks 109 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V412000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 00V412000 was 00V270000, reported on September 13, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINIVANS AND PASSENGER VEHICLES. A RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE (RCM) OR A SIDE OR FRONT CRASH SENSOR MAY HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE SCREWS THAT MOUNT THE CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE HOUSING MISSING. IF SOME OR ALL OF THE SCREWS ARE MISSING, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINS COULD BE AFFECTED.
- The risk
- IN SOME CASES, LESS THAN THE INTENDED LEVEL OF PROTECTION IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE RCM AND CRASH SENSORS AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THEM.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 21, 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 December 6, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V412000 (4)
Lincoln (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V412000, 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: December 6, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted