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NHTSA Campaign 10V222000

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA campaign 10V222000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 10V222000 with NHTSA on May 24, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 10V222000, NHTSA lists up to 19 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 27, 2010 and March 26, 2010.

The 10V222000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 10V222000 were scheduled from May 28, 2010, 4 days after the report.

10V222000 covers 3 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2010.

Owners of the model years 10V222000 covers have filed at least 1,551 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 10V222000 vehicles, the 2010 Ford Fusion has the most (894).

By potentially affected vehicles, 10V222000 ranks 209 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.

Besides 10V222000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 10V222000 was 07V453000, reported on September 26, 2007.

What this recall covers

The defect
FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 FUSION, MILAN, AND ESCAPE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 27, THROUGH MARCH 26, 2010. THE PARK ROD GUIDE RETENTION PIN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INSTALLED WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION AND ROLLAWAY PREVENTION".
The risk
A VEHICLE PARKED WITHOUT AN ENGAGED PARK PAWL AND WITHOUT AN APPLIED PARKING BRAKE MAY HAVE UNINTENDED MOVEMENT WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH.
The fix
FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 28, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332 AND FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED CALL 1-800-232-5952 (TDD). REPRESENTATIVES ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: 8:00AM - 5:00PM.
Notes
FORD'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 10C12.

Reported May 24, 2010

Vehicles covered by 10V222000 (3)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V222000, 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: May 24, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted