NHTSA Campaign 04V165000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
NHTSA campaign 04V165000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 04V165000 with NHTSA on April 6, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V165000, NHTSA lists up to 321,903 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 31, 2000 and September 11, 2002.
The 04V165000 report reached NHTSA 19 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V165000 were scheduled from April 21, 2004, 15 days after the report.
04V165000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2001–2003.
Owners of the model years 04V165000 covers have filed at least 288 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V165000 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Escape has the most (128).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V165000 ranks 36 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 04V165000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 04V165000 was 02V313000, reported on November 21, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L V6 ENGINES, DURING DECELERATION, THE ENGINE CAN STALL.
- The risk
- SHOULD THE ENGINE STALL, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH THE APPROPRIATE CALIBRATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON APRIL 21, 2004. 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.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 04S13.
Reported April 6, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V165000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V165000, 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 6, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted