NHTSA Campaign 07V139000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
NHTSA campaign 07V139000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 07V139000 with NHTSA on March 26, 2007; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 07V139000, NHTSA lists up to 33,169 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 13, 2006 and March 9, 2007.
The 07V139000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V139000 were scheduled from April 3, 2007, 8 days after the report.
07V139000 covers 4 models from Ford, model years 2008.
Owners of the model years 07V139000 covers have filed at least 30 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 07V139000 vehicles, the 2008 Ford F-250 has the most (14).
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V139000 ranks 93 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 07V139000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 07V139000 was 05V519000, reported on November 9, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH A 6.4L DIESEL ENGINE, EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM MAY RESULT FROM EXCESS HYDROCARBONS IN THE EXHAUST.
- The risk
- LACK OF POWER OR ROUGH OPERATION, UNUSUAL NOISES FROM THE ENGINE OR EXHAUST, WHITE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST, AND POTENTIALLY A VISIBLE FLAME OUT THE TAILPIPE CAN OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 07S49.
Reported March 26, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V139000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V139000, 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 26, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted