NHTSA Campaign 11V574000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
NHTSA campaign 11V574000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 11V574000 with NHTSA on December 7, 2011; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 11V574000, NHTSA lists up to 128,616 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2009 and November 13, 2010.
The 11V574000 report reached NHTSA 13 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V574000 were scheduled from January 18, 2012, 42 days after the report.
11V574000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2010–2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V574000 ranks 64 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 11V574000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the wheels on this site; the one before 11V574000 was 07V079000, reported on March 6, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 FORD FUSION AND MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH STEEL WHEELS AND BUILT FROM APRIL 1, 2009, THROUGH APRIL 30, 2009, AND FROM DECEMBER 1, 2009, THROUGH NOVEMBER 13, 2010. THE WHEEL STUDS MAY FRACTURE, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A WHEEL TO SEPARATE.
- The risk
- WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE STUD FRACTURES COULD OCCUR AT THE WHEEL LOCATION, AND THE OPERATOR MAY EXPERIENCE VEHICLE VIBRATION AND/OR WHEEL SEPARATION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR BRAKE DISC SURFACE FOR FLATNESS AND REPLACE THE DISCS AS NECESSARY. ADDITIONALLY, THE WHEEL LUG NUTS WILL BE REPLACED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 24, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- FORD'S RECALL NUMBER IS 11S23.
Reported December 7, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V574000 (4)
Ford (2)
Mercury (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V574000, 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: December 7, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted