NHTSA Campaign 06V069000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
NHTSA campaign 06V069000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the structure: body: hatchback/liftgate. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 06V069000 with NHTSA on March 9, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V069000, NHTSA lists up to 12,728 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 13, 2004 and December 13, 2005.
The 06V069000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V069000 were scheduled from March 15, 2006, 6 days after the report.
06V069000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2005–2006.
Owners of the model years 06V069000 covers have filed at least 41 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V069000 vehicles, the 2005 Ford Freestar has the most (33).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V069000 ranks 114 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 06V069000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 8 other recalls on the structure on this site; the one before 06V069000 was 05V521000, reported on November 9, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN VANS EQUIPPED WITH THE POWER LIFTGATE OPTION, THE POWER LIFTGATE MOTOR AUTOMATICALLY DISENGAGES AFTER THE LIFTGATE IS POWERED OPEN.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A LIFTGATE STRUT MALFUNCTION, THE LIFTGATE CAN FALL FREELY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. ANYONE STANDING BENEATH THE LIFTGATE MAY BE INJURED IF THE LIFTGATE FALLS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWER LIFTGATE MODULE TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE LIFTGATE COULD FALL FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 06S42.
Reported March 9, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V069000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V069000, 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 9, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted