NHTSA Campaign 14V165000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
NHTSA campaign 14V165000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the structure: frame and members. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 14V165000 with NHTSA on April 2, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V165000, NHTSA lists up to 348,950 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 22, 1999 and December 19, 2003.
The 14V165000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V165000 were scheduled from May 30, 2014, 58 days after the report.
14V165000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2001–2004.
Owners of the model years 14V165000 covers have filed at least 346 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V165000 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Escape has the most (138).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V165000 ranks 68 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 14V165000, Ford Motor Company has 26 other recalls on the structure on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2001-2004 Escape vehicles manufactured October 22, 1999, through January 23, 2004, originally sold, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. These vehicles may experience excessive corrosion at the forward attachment of the lower control arm.
- The risk
- A separation of the lower control arm can result in a significant loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install a newly designed reinforcement cross-brace, free of charge. The recall began on May 30, 2014. Owners may contact Ford at 1-800-392-3673. Ford's number for this recall is 14S02.
Reported April 2, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V165000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V165000, 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: April 2, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted