NHTSA Campaign 04V574000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 04V574000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control: cables. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 04V574000 with NHTSA on December 7, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V574000, NHTSA lists up to 470,245 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 30, 2001 and January 23, 2004.
The 04V574000 report reached NHTSA 10 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V574000 were scheduled from January 10, 2005, 34 days after the report.
04V574000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2002–2004.
Owners of the model years 04V574000 covers have filed at least 288 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V574000 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Escape has the most (100).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V574000 ranks 24 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 04V574000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 04V574000 was 03V280000, reported on August 5, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3.0L V6 ENGINES, THE ACCELERATOR CABLE MAY PREVENT THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO THE IDLE POSITION.
- The risk
- AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN ENGINE IDLE SPEED MAY INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE AND MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR CABLE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 10, 2005. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 04S25.
Reported December 7, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V574000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V574000, 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: December 7, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted