NHTSA Campaign 03V144000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 03V144000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 03V144000 with NHTSA on April 9, 2003; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 03V144000, NHTSA lists up to 43,459 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 7, 1998 and February 29, 2000.
The 03V144000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V144000 were scheduled from March 31, 2003.
03V144000 covers 1 model from Lincoln, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 03V144000 covers have filed at least 16 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V144000 ranks 90 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 03V144000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 03V144000 was 01V082000, reported on March 12, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY AS A RESULT OF UNDERBODY IMPACTS NEAR THE SENSORS, SUCH AS THOSE OCCURRING FROM PIECES OF GRAVEL OR DEBRIS THROWN FROM THE WHEELS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED AT MODERATE TO HIGH SPEED OR BEING ACCELERATED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RECALIBRATE THE AIR BAG SENSORS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 31, 2003. OWNERS MAY CONTACT LINCOLN AT 1-800-521-4140.
- Notes
- FORD CAMPAIGN NO. 03G01. THIS ACTION IS DEEMED A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN AND IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE SAFETY ACT. THE COMPANY HAS INFORMED NHTSA THAT IT WILL PROVIDE THE MODIFICATIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE FREE OF CHARGE.
Reported April 9, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V144000 (1)
Lincoln (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V144000, 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: April 9, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted