NHTSA Campaign 01V171000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
NHTSA campaign 01V171000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the tires: sidewall. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 01V171000 with NHTSA on May 24, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V171000, NHTSA lists up to 52,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 14, 2000 and April 27, 2001.
The 01V171000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V171000 were scheduled from June 7, 2001, 14 days after the report.
01V171000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2002.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V171000 ranks 86 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 01V171000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 6 other recalls on the tires on this site; the one before 01V171000 was 01V046000, reported on February 14, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE RIGHT SIDE TIRES MAY HAVE HORIZONTAL CUTS ON THE EDGE OF THE TREAD THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED DURING VEHICLE ASSEMBLY.
- The risk
- OVER TIME, THE TIRE COULD FAIL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TIRES AND, IF ANY SLICES ARE FOUND, THE CUT TIRES WILL BE REPLACED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 7, 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 May 24, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V171000 (2)
Ford (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V171000, 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: May 24, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted