NHTSA Campaign 05V415000
PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC
NHTSA campaign 05V415000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the parking brake: driveline: hydraulic. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 05V415000 with NHTSA on September 19, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V415000, NHTSA lists up to 6,298 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 4, 2004 and March 31, 2005.
The 05V415000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V415000 were scheduled from October 6, 2005, 17 days after the report.
05V415000 covers 2 models from Ford, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V415000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the parking brake, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V415000 vehicles, the 2005 Ford F-650 Sd has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V415000 ranks 132 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 05V415000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 2 other recalls on the parking brake on this site; the one before 05V415000 was 00V349000, reported on October 30, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MEDIUM DUTY CHASSIS CAB VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRAULIC BRAKES, THE DRIVE LINE PARK BRAKE ANCHOR BOLT MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE LOADING. THE BOLT COULD FRACTURE OVER TIME DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CLAMP LOAD AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER ANCHOR BOLT PLATING.
- The risk
- IF THE PARK BRAKE ANCHOR BOLT FATIGUES AND ULTIMATELY FRACTURES, THE PARK BRAKE MAY NOT FUNCTION AND THERE MAY BE NO INDICATION TO THE DRIVER OF THE MALFUNCTION WHEN THE PARK BRAKE IS SET. THIS MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PARK BRAKE ANCHOR BOLT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 6, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 05S36.
Reported September 19, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V415000 (2)
Ford (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V415000, 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 19, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted