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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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). |
Consumer Complaints
Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
09/29/2000 | 3 | 09/09/2000 | |
Driver's side window experiences difficulty rolling up. *slc | |||
VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - EXTERIOR | |||
08/28/2002 | |||
Mirror was struck and shattered into jagged pieces, causing damage to vehicle and injury to occupant.*ak | |||
VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
03/15/2001 | |||
On march 15, 2001 consumer noticed crack in windshield. on march 18, 2001 while driving 55 - 60 mph, windshield developed a crack, crack went from bottom of windshield to top. no rock hit windshield.*ak | |||
VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | |||
11/19/2000 | |||
Vehicle was parked with motor running, and consumer noticed black smoke in cab, and flames coming from under hood. put out fire, and had vehicle towed to dealer, who found faulty windshield wiper motor caused fire. fuses did not blow, consumer felt this will happen again. ford not willing to replace vehicle, just do repairs. consumer wanted vehicle replaced. this happened 3 weeks after purchase of vehicle! *ak |