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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 06E023000 | ANZO USA, INC. | E (Equipment) | 292000 | 05/09/2006 | OVSC | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 03/13/2006 | 03/14/2006 | 571 | 108 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain anzo combination headlamp assemblies sold as replacement lamps for use on certain passenger vehicles. some combination lamps are not equipped with amber side reflectors which fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Without the amber reflectors, the vehicle will be poorly illuminated, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Anzo will notify owners and replace the headlamps free of charge. the recall began may 9, 2006. owners may contact anzo usa at 909-468-3688. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket headlamp assemblies manufactured by anzo and has no relation to any original equipment installed on the listed passenger vehicles.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 01/24/2006 | 23000 | 5 | 10/08/2004 |
| I honestly do not know what is wrong with my 2004 f150 fx4. my truck has been in the shop at both lincoln/mercury and ford dealers here in huntsville, alabama. parts have been replaced on multiple occasions so i'm not making this stuff up and the dealerships know something is wrong, but does not want to fix the problem or does not have qualified/trained mechanics. this will be my one and only ford. *jb | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS | |||
| 08/11/2006 | 32000 | 3 | 04/02/2005 |
| The 2004 f150 sc has a few problems: first was the water leaking from the third brake light in which i had to apply silicone around the rubber seal of the light...never leaked again. second issue was far more frustrating, when traveling around 40 to 50 mph when deciding to accelerate quickly the truck would act as if it was being starved of fuel. the best way to describe it was by depressing the accelerator and releasing it very quickly. i took it to the wonderful ford dealership, sarcastic, and they told me nothing was wrong, and shop manager told me it was because of cold air intake... finally ,after calling ford customer service and complaining the dealership decided it was my throttle body...naturally all my problems were gone. now, less than a year later the problem arose again and i will post the outcome once known. the third incidence was the front bucket seats, started noticing shredded foam under the front part of the seats, not knowing what it could be i assumed it was excess foam around the seat straps located under each seat, to my surprise a hole appeared on the driver's seat on the front left corner facing the door and again i went to the wonderful dealership and i showed them there was a piece of metal with a sharp barb that was slowly shredding the foam and was the culprit in creating the hole and the shredded foam. caution!!!!!! if your truck has this problem be careful!!! i was getting out of the truck and the metal barb caught my pants and tore a huge hole and gave me a pretty deep cut on the inner thigh. none the less the dealership didn't do anything about it. i finally convinced them to replace the seat with me paying for the replacement cost...but, before i could get the work done the wonderful dealership went out of business and i haven't hit-up the new owners. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL | |||
| 11/14/2007 | 8000 | 5 | 08/14/2004 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. approximately 3 years ago, the rear passenger side brakes began to vibrate. the failure occurred at various speeds. the vehicle was taken to the ford dealer 5 times before a repair was finally made. currently, the driver side is experiencing the same failure. the abs is locking the tires in a certain spot and preventing them from properly turning. the consumer stated the abs seemed to randomly activate on 1 wheel. the turn signal did not always cancel after making a turn. updated 12/05/07 | |||