NHTSA Campaign 07V336000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 07V336000 covers 14 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 07V336000 with NHTSA on August 3, 2007; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 07V336000, NHTSA lists up to 3,600,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 18, 1993 and June 26, 1998.
The 07V336000 report reached NHTSA 9 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V336000 were scheduled from August 13, 2007, 10 days after the report.
07V336000 covers 8 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2000–2004.
Owners of the model years 07V336000 covers have filed at least 343 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 07V336000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Explorer has the most (113).
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V336000 ranks 3 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 07V336000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 07V336000 was 07V078000, reported on March 6, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS, PASSENGER VEHICLES, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AND MOTOR HOMES CHASSIS, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, LEAK INTERNALLY AND THEN OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A FUSED WIRING HARNESS. OWNERS OF THE PASSENGER CARS INCLUDED IN THIS CAMPAIGN WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN THEIR VEHICLES TO THEIR DEALERS TO HAVE THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DISCONNECTED AS AN INTERIM REPAIR. AS SOON AS REPAIR PARTS ARE AVAILABLE (EXPECTED OCTOBER 2007), OWNERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO THE DEALERS FOR INSTALLATION OF A FUSED WIRING HARNESS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 13, 2007, AND MAILING COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 19, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-888-222-2751.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 05S28.
Reported August 3, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V336000 (14)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V336000, 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: August 3, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted