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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | ||||||||||||||||
| 01V258000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | V (Vehicle) | 1083000 | 08/20/2001 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 08/08/2001 | 08/23/2001 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and light and medium duty pickup trucks. a switch located in the plastic cover of the wiper motor gear case could malfunction and overheat, potentially resulting in loss of intermittent wiper function, loss of wiper park function, complete loss of wiper function, or ignition of the plastic cover material. switch malfunction is most likely to occur when the intermittent setting of the wipers is being used, or when snow or ice obstructs the blades from returning to the parked position at the bottom of the windshield. these vehicles were built at the following assembly plants: atlanta plant from 2/11/00 through 7/31/00; chicago plant from 2/14/00 through 8/4/00; kansas city plant from 2/26/00 to 9/4/00; kentucky truck plant from 2/18/00 to 8/31/00; michigan truck plant from 2/23/00 through 8/3/00; norfolk plant from 2/21/00 through 7/27/00; wayne stamping and assembly plant from 2/25/00 through 8/15/00; and wixom plant from 2/15/00 through 8/8/00. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Loss of visibility while driving increases the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect the date code on the wiper motor. motors built with the suspect time frame will have the wiper motor gear case cover replaced. owner notification began august 20, 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 1-866-436-7332. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||||
| 0457 | 03/22/2004 | 10008542 | Pop/thump noise at end of window movement and/or driver's window bounce back and reverse to mid-position. *tt | 08/04/2004 | |
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||||
| 01253 | 12/24/2001 | 630531 | Concerns with white flakes coming from the air conditioner vents when the blower motor is engaged. *tt | 04/18/2002 | |
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - HEATER CORE | |||||
| 01156 | 08/06/2001 | 623944 | Some vehicles may exhibit heater core leaks. *slc | 10/31/2001 | |
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||||
| 0324 | 02/04/2003 | 10002474 | Driver's side door glass that binds when operated. *tt | 09/03/2003 | |
| VISIBILITY - SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY | |||||
| 14397 | 01/01/2000 | 620433 | Certain supercrews and some vehicles may exhibit a wind noise / boom when driven at high speeds above 55 mph with the moon roof fully open, due to the moon roof wind deflector not deployed high enough above the roof line. *tt | 08/07/2001 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 07/23/2008 | 69000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150 super cab. during a tropical storm, rain entered the vehicle through the windshield. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and a new windshield was installed because the old one had a defective seal. the repair would cost $1,300. the current and failure mileages were 69,000. | |||
| VISIBILITY - GLASS, SIDE/REAR | |||
| 07/06/2001 | |||
| Consumer had canopy installed on vehicle. when consumer went to shut back glass ,it shattered. locking mechanism fell on vehicle, and scratched up vehicle. contact dealer. dealer was doing nothing.*ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 08/01/2002 | |||
| When engaging automatic door locks, they come down. if passenger or driver has arm over lock,arm gets pinched and bruised. please provide any further information.*aki | |||
| 05/03/2000 | 1 | ||
| Child 2 1/2 yr old in truck. had head out window & stepped on button & window was raised. driver tried to lower window as child kept stepping on button. child was choking. had to break window to get child's head out of window.*ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - EXTERIOR | |||
| 03/01/2001 | 1 | 03/03/2001 | |
| Mirror on drivers side is defective, driver cannot see out of that glass, there is a blind spot, dealership is aware of problem.*ak consumer stated the factory installed a mirror that is inadequate for the vehicle, consumer stated while in a left lane, a vehicle in the right lane can not be seen because of the type of mirror.*jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY | |||
| 08/11/2004 | 45280 | 1 | 09/01/2000 |
| 1) while driving kids to school, electric sun roof was placed in the full open position, after deciding the morning air was too cool for the children an attempt was made to close sun roof. 2) the unit would not close, it had fialed in the full open position. driver had to pull to the side of the road due to the distraction of the roof not closing. after determining the roof was not going to close, the driver took the vehicle home. with rain emanate in the area from hurricane bonnie and charley. the truck was taken to a ford dealer. the service department found the motor assembly had failed. 3) a new motor assembly was ordered, this is when the dealer found out due to failures and a design flaw the motor assemble was redesigned.*ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 06/27/2008 | 107000 | 1 | |
| 2001 ford f-150 supercrew windshield leaked with no sign of this happening. shorted out computer, fuse box. engine shutdown while traveling in left lane of a highway. no crash but very close to causing one. was able to get into median. no previous accident with truck,original windshield with no cracks or blemishes. maintained well and typically garaged. *tr | |||
| 07/08/2002 | 1 | ||
| We (abra auto body and glass--apple valley location) are replacing the windshield in a 2001 f150 that was cracked in an accident. we found that the clear coat isn't sticking to the base coat, where the urethane is. there is adhesion between the clear coat and urethane, but not clear coat and base coat. it is peeling off in chunks, creating a windshield adhesion problem which can potentially cause the windshield to come out of the vehicle in a severe crash or a roll over accident. this is a potential for a deadly situation if this were to happen. this could possibly be a problem for many trucks out there. is there still a problem with adhesion between base and clear coats in silver colors??? this problem should be addressed immediately for the safety of your vehicle drivers. i contacted the ford hotline (800-392-3673) and spoke with arial (employee number 2141) and he told me that because we are not a ford dealer, there is nothing that he could do to look into this problem. the customer would need to bring the vehicle to a ford dealer to have inspected. i let him know that the windshield was out of the vehicle and the vehicle isn't driveable because of this. i also let him know that we couldn't install the windshield with this problem still there. he told me that the customer would need to have the vehicle towed to a dealer then to have it inspected. i verified that he wants me to have the customer pay to have the vehicle towed to a ford dealer to check out the windshield adhesion problem?? he said yes. i thanked him for his time and contacted randy kaiser at apple valley ford in apple valley minnesota for further advise into this issue. *ak | |||
| 08/01/2001 | |||
| Winshield has some sort of oil etc on it, casuing a smearing on rainy nights, seriously obscuring vision.*ak | |||
| 1 | 10/01/2000 | ||
| Side window lock sticks out so far that it is causing passenger to hit head and other parts of face.*ak consumer states that the side window locks are in the back seat area and the length and shape of the locks make them dangerous. *slc | |||
| 08/15/2000 | 2 | 07/01/2000 | |
| Windshield has film on outside of glass when wiper blades are turned on when it is raining. windshield has been cleaned , replaced, cleaned again. wiper blades have been replaced. has been taken back to dealer several times . problem still is not solved. ford rep looked at this truck and 5 more on the dealer lot . all trucks had the same problem. please contact us and we can dicuss this in further detail. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 06/04/2003 | 54000 | 1 | 10/01/2002 |
| The windshield wipers failed to work consistent basis. *jb *cb *jb | |||
| 04/05/2003 | 5 | ||
| On several occasions, when using my right turn signal with the windshield wipers running, the windshield washer fluid comes on and stays on causing a blinding turn. the dealer could not make it fail during service, however it has happened at least five times.*jb | |||
| 11/01/2001 | 1 | ||
| Consumer states the wipers work intermittently in bad weather conditions. the problem has progressed for over 9 months. dealer contacted. please provide more information.*jb | |||
| 06/22/2001 | |||
| While traveling at approximately 40 mph in rain, windshield wipers failed to operate. this was causing a loss of visibility. dealership has not examined vehicle. please provide any additional information/attachments. *ak | |||
| 03/01/2001 | |||
| Windshield wipers work, but will not clean glass, consumer unable to see in rain. been to dealer twice so far, could not remedy problem. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | |||
| 10/25/2007 | 102000 | 1 | |
| The vehicle was idling with the wipers on slow speed. smoke began to come out of the vent between the windshield and the hood. the plastic vent burst into flames and melted. the flames were extinguished with minimal damage to the vehicle. the wipers are the only thing that doesn't operate now. *tr | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| The wiper motor melted and harness and connector melted cowl. *nm consumer received a recall notice #01v258000. the vehicle was taken in for service on the wiper mot0r. the consumer was made to pay for the service rendered on the wiper motor. two years later the wiper motor caught fire and did considerable damage to the vehicle. *tc | |||
| 02/23/2003 | 45000 | 1 | |
| While driving home from new hampshire, suddenly there was a fire in the windshield wiper motor. i had the wipers on at a slow speed as it was misting outside. i put the fire our with snow from the roadside. as we continued home the radio went dead, the battery went to low and the lights started flicking on and off. as a result of the fire the windshield cracked, and continued all the way across from one side to the other. i luckily found an open ford dealer that gave us a small rental and repaired the truck. *jb | |||
| 02/23/2003 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle experienced the same problem as stated in recall #01v258000, however the vehicle identification number was not included in the recall.*jb | |||