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NHTSA Campaign 09V399000

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

NHTSA campaign 09V399000 covers 37 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 09V399000 with NHTSA on October 13, 2009; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.

For 09V399000, NHTSA lists up to 4,500,000 potentially affected vehicles.

Owner notification letters for 09V399000 were scheduled from October 27, 2009, 14 days after the report.

09V399000 covers 11 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2000–2003.

Owners of the model years 09V399000 covers have filed at least 647 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 09V399000 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Windstar has the most (147).

By potentially affected vehicles, 09V399000 ranks 1 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.

Besides 09V399000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 14 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 09V399000 was 08V051000, reported on February 4, 2008.

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What this recall covers

The defect
FORD IS RECALLING MODEL YEARS 1995-2003 WINDSTAR, 2000-2003 EXCURSION DIESEL, 1993-1997 AND 1999-2003 F-250 SD THROUGH F-550 SD DIESEL, 1992-2003 E-150 THROUGH E-550, 1995-2002 EXPLORER, 1997 AND 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, 1995-1997 AND 2001-2003 RANGER, AND 1994 F53 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (SCDS). THE SCDS MAY LEAK INTERNALLY AND THEN OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.
The risk
A VEHICLE FIRE COULD OCCUR WITH OR WITHOUT THE ENGINE RUNNING.
The fix
FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS THAT DEALERS WILL INSTALL A FUSED WIRING HARNESS IN LINE WITH THE SCDS. ON 1999-2003 WINDSTAR VEHICLES WITH A LEAKING SCDS, DEALERS WILL ALSO INSPECT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE CONNECTOR AND REPAIR AS NECESSARY. REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 27, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-888-222-2751.
Notes
FORD'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 09S09.

Reported October 13, 2009

Vehicles covered by 09V399000 (37)

Ford (36)

Mercury (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V399000, 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: October 13, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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