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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL - LINKAGE AND CABLE | ||||||||||||||||
| 02V068000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 01/03/1998 to 09/30/1998 | V (Vehicle) | 51846 | 04/05/2002 | ODI | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 03/11/2002 | 03/25/2002 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain pickup trucks equipped with manual transmissions, failure of the front parking brake cable input button could result in failure of the parking brake system to hold the vehicle stationary. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could result in unintended vehicle movement and a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the front parking brake cable and the controller and verify the performance of the parking brake system. owner notification began april 5, 2002. 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 | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - AIR | ||||||
| RQ00010 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 03/13/2000 | 01/12/2001 | PARKING BRAKE FAILURE | 98V101000 | |
| On may 11, 1998, ford motor company filed a defect information report concerning parking brake failure on certain my 1999 f-350 super duty vehicles built at the kentucky truck plant from january 26, 1998 through april 24, 1998; recall 98v-101.the reduction in parking brake effectiveness may occur on some of these vehicles, and is caused by the rust preventative coating on the surface of the parking lining material which reduces the frictional characteristics at the lining and rotor interface.odi has received two reports on my 1999 f-350's and two reports on my 2000 f-350's alleging the parking brake did not hold the vehicle stationary, including two crashes.on of the my 1999 trucks was built after the recall scope and the other build date was unknown.there were no determinable causes for these parking brake failures.also, odi has received one report on a my 1999 f-450, and one report on a my 1999 f-250, both super duty vehicles, alleging parking brake failure with no determinable causes.both of these vehicles were built within the recall build scope.all of the odi reports concern vehicles built at the kentucky assembly plant.odi has one report alleging parking brake failure on my 1997 f-350's and no reports on my 1998 f-350's. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 1 | |||
| Parking brake cable failure caused a parked vehicle to roll into another vehicle. (meg jones sr. casualty claims examiner for client). *yh | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| 10/15/1999 | |||
| Emergency brake pedal is too hard to apply. even when applying emergency brake pedal with hard force, vehicle would still roll. dealer notifed, and replace the emergency brake system, but same problem is still occurring. *ak | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL - LINKAGE AND CABLE | |||
| 03/16/2002 | 2 | 04/28/1999 | |
| Nhtsa recall 02-v-068-000/manufacturer's recall 02-s34; vehicle has manual transmission that requires parking brake to be engaged when parked. while disengaging parking brake, the whole assembly broke, not allowing vehicle to stay stable. vehicle was not part of the recall issued. *ak consumer stated that the recall repair parts were the same parts as what failed to begin with, consumer has 2 of these vehicles, only one was included in the recall, however both parking brakes failed. electrical system failures are causing problems with the air conditioner and flashers. *slc | |||
| 11/01/1999 | 3 | 11/01/1999 | |
| When engaging emergency parking brake it failed to hold vehicle, causing vehicle to roll freely backwards which resulted in vehicle crashing into another vehicle. problem was due to a cable that snapped, allowing vehicle to roll backwards. consumer has contacted dealer, dealer has made some adjustments to emergency parking brake cable, but problem still occurs. ak consumer states there is too much truck weight for the parking brake, consumer owns three 1999 models that all experience the same problem. *slc | |||
| 11/01/1999 | 3 | 11/01/1999 | |
| When engaging emergency parking brake it failed to hold vehicle, causing vehicle to roll freely backwards. consumer noted problem was due to a cable which snapped allowing vehicle to roll backwards. consumer has contacted dealer, dealer has made some adjustments to emergency parking brake cable, problem still occurred.*ak *slc | |||