NHTSA Campaign 01V031000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 01V031000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 01V031000 with NHTSA on February 6, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V031000, NHTSA lists up to 120,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 6, 1997 and September 18, 2000.
The 01V031000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V031000 were scheduled from March 22, 2001, 44 days after the report.
01V031000 covers 1 model from Mercury, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 01V031000 covers have filed at least 63 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V031000 ranks 67 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 01V031000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 12 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 01V031000 was 00V411000, reported on December 6, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L V6 ENGINES. THE BATTERY CABLE WAS MISROUTED AND ITS ATTACHMENT TO THE ALTERNATOR CABLE WAS UNDER-TORQUED. IF MISROUTED, THE CABLE COULD CONTACT THE POWER STEERING LINE AND THE INSULATION COULD WEAR, RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT.
- The risk
- THE SHORT COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A FIRE, STALLING, OR A NO-START CONDITION.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BATTERY CABLE TO THE ALTERNATOR FOR DAMAGE AND, IF IT IS DAMAGED, WILL REPLACE THE CABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ROUTING OF THE CABLE WILL BE CORRECTED, AS NECESSARY, AND A ROUTING CLIP WILL BE ADDED. ALSO THE TORQUE ON THE ALTERNATOR ATTACHMENT OF THE CABLE WILL BE CHECKED AND, AS REQUIRED, WILL BE TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 22, 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 February 6, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V031000 (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V031000, 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: February 6, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted