NHTSA Campaign 12V006000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 12V006000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 12V006000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2012; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 12V006000, NHTSA lists up to 206,452 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 12V006000 were scheduled from June 29, 2012, 172 days after the report.
12V006000 covers 2 models from Ford and Mercury, model years 2004–2005.
Owners of the model years 12V006000 covers have filed at least 1,828 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V006000 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Freestar has the most (851).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V006000 ranks 49 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 12V006000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 12V006000 was 11V582000, reported on December 8, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND MERCURY MONTEREY VEHICLES. THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT MAY FAIL.
- The risk
- THIS CONDITION RESULTS IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WITH NO WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 9, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332.
- Notes
- FORD'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11S25.
Reported January 9, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V006000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V006000, 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