Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| STRUCTURE - BODY - HOOD - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 00V394000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 09/24/1999 to 10/17/2000 | V (Vehicle) | 137700 | 01/23/2001 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 11/28/2000 | 11/29/2000 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles with steel hoods and certain pickup trucks equipped with sheet molding compound hoods. a wire formed hood striker could be susceptible to fatigue fractures. if the hood striker fractures, the hood could fly open while the vehicle is being driven. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A hood fly-up while the vehicle is being operated could result in reduced driver visibility. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the hood striker. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began january 23, 2001.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 01/04/2000 | 2 | 10/11/1999 | |
| Vehicle has been in for repair on two occasions to try and remedy the rattling noise in the driver's door. *mjs | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 02/20/2001 | 5 | 02/01/2001 | |
| Vibration from center of the of the explorer, the problem gets worse every day . my consern is that i drive a lot and night vision after watching the rear view, side view mirrors after a while creates a visual adjustment period when looking back at the road at night it is a very big problem, the dealer to date has not taken it out at night and at this point the factory rep said it was normal. i have driven three other explorers and one of them are having the same problem, but they do no drive highway , so they are just living with it. the dealer said that the short frame vehicles are noted for this problem. the factory rep said it it just the way it is. nlm | |||
| 02/20/2001 | 5 | 02/01/2001 | |
| Vibration from center of the of the explorer, the problem gets worse every day . my consern is that i drive a lot and night vision after watching the rear view, side view mirrors after a while creates a visual adjustment period when looking back at the road at night it is a very big problem, the dealer to date has not taken it out at night and at this point the factory rep said it was normal. i have driven three other explrers and one of them are having the same problem, but they do no drive highway , so they are just living with it. the dealer said that the short fram vehicles arfe noted for this problem. the factory rep said it it just the way it is. | |||