NHTSA Campaign 04V105000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 04V105000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 04V105000 with NHTSA on March 2, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V105000, NHTSA lists up to 399,926 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 16, 2002 and September 18, 2003.
The 04V105000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V105000 were scheduled from March 10, 2004, 8 days after the report.
04V105000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 04V105000 covers have filed at least 19 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V105000 vehicles, the 2003 Mercury Sable has the most (19).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V105000 ranks 34 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 04V105000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 04V105000 was 00V094000, reported on March 28, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE AIR FILTER PAPER IN THESE VEHICLES CAN SMOLDER OR BURN.
- The risk
- THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE TO THE AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM ON THESE VEHICLES AND/OR AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIR FILTER ELEMENT. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MARCH 10, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 04S11.
Reported March 2, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V105000 (2)
Ford (1)
Mercury (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V105000, 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: March 2, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted