NHTSA Campaign 05V388000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 05V388000 covers 10 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 05V388000 with NHTSA on September 7, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 05V388000, NHTSA lists up to 4,500,000 potentially affected vehicles.
The 05V388000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V388000 were scheduled from September 12, 2005, 5 days after the report.
05V388000 covers 4 models from Ford and Lincoln, model years 2000–2002.
Owners of the model years 05V388000 covers have filed at least 765 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V388000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford F-150 has the most (188).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V388000 ranks 1 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 05V388000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 05V388000 was 05V017000, reported on January 27, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.
- The risk
- A FIRE AT THE SWITCH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- BY LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2005, OWNERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN THEIR VEHICLES TO THEIR DEALERS TO HAVE THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DISCONNECTED. OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATED ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND ADVISED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO RECONNECT THE SPEED CONTROL BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 2006. OWNERS WHO DID NOT HAVE THEIR SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATED ARE BEING NOTIFIED TO HAVE THEIR SYSTEM REMEDIED BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 2006. OWNERS ARE URGED TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE FREE DISCONNECT SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FIRE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673. (NOTE: ALSO SEE RECALLS 05V017 AND 06V286)
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 05S28.
Reported September 7, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V388000 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V388000, 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: September 7, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted