NHTSA Campaign 12V005000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 12V005000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 12V005000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2012; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 12V005000, NHTSA lists up to 244,530 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 22, 1999 and July 19, 2002.
The 12V005000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V005000 were scheduled from June 19, 2012, 162 days after the report.
12V005000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2001–2002.
Owners of the model years 12V005000 covers have filed at least 271 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V005000 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Escape has the most (149).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V005000 ranks 44 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 12V005000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 9 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 12V005000 was 08V208000, reported on May 7, 2008.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2001-2002 ESCAPE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 22, 1999, THROUGH JULY 19, 2002, EQUIPPED WITH A BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR CAP THAT COULD LEAK BRAKE FLUID. IF BRAKE FLUID LEAKS FROM THE CAP, IT COULD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) MODULE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR.
- The risk
- CORROSION CAN DEVELOP IN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LEADING TO MELTING, SMOKE OR A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR CAP AND THE ABS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL BE MODIFIED. AN INTERIM LETTER WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 20, 2012. DUE TO A PARTS DELAY, HOWEVER, THE REMEDY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY. IF PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, FORD WILL INSTRUCT OWNERS TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES OUTSIDE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332. THIS RECALL CAMPAIGN IS RELATED TO 07V-156.
- Notes
- FORD'S SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS 11S24.
Reported January 9, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V005000 (2)
Ford (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V005000, 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: January 9, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted