NHTSA Campaign 06V119000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
NHTSA campaign 06V119000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 06V119000 with NHTSA on April 10, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V119000, NHTSA lists up to 19 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 13, 2006 and February 15, 2006.
The 06V119000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V119000 were scheduled from April 28, 2006, 18 days after the report.
06V119000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 06V119000 covers have filed at least 25 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V119000 ranks 209 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 06V119000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 12 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 06V119000 was 05V518000, reported on November 9, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES BUILT FOR ONE SPECIFIC FLEET CUSTOMER WERE MODIFIED FOR OPTIONAL HANDS-FREE CELLULAR PHONE OPERATING CAPABILITY. TO PROVIDE THIS FUNCTIONALITY, A SPECIAL OVERLAY WIRE HARNESS WAS INSTALLED THAT INADVERTENTLY DID NOT INCLUDE THE CIRCUITS FOR PASSENGER AIR BAG DEACTIVATION INDICATOR (PADI) LAMP FUNCTION. AS A RESULT, THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 208, 'OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION.'
- The risk
- THE PADI LAMP WILL FAIL TO ILLUMINATE AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP IN THE CLUSTER WILL STAY ILLUMINATED.
- The fix
- THE FLEET CUSTOMER WAS NOTIFIED AND ALL VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 28, 2006.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 06C13.
Reported April 10, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V119000 (1)
Ford (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V119000, 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 10, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted