NHTSA Campaign 07V078000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 07V078000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 07V078000 with NHTSA on March 6, 2007; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 07V078000, NHTSA lists up to 155,584 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 29, 2002 and October 30, 2003.
The 07V078000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V078000 were scheduled from March 12, 2007, 6 days after the report.
07V078000 covers 7 models from Ford, model years 2002–2003.
Owners of the model years 07V078000 covers have filed at least 32 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 07V078000 vehicles, the 2003 Ford F-150 has the most (32).
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V078000 ranks 56 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 07V078000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 07V078000 was 06V286000, reported on August 1, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL, GASOLINE OR NATURAL GAS ENGINES, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT.
- The risk
- OVERHEATING COULD RESULT IN SMOKE, BURN, OR AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A FUSED WIRING HARNESS INTO THE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 12, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673. (NOTE: ALSO SEE RECALLS 05V017, 05V388, AND 06V286)
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 05S28.
Reported March 6, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V078000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V078000, 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 6, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted