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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| WHEELS | ||||||||||||||||
| 92V065000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 10/01/1985 to 05/01/1992 | V (Vehicle) | 654000 | 05/15/1992 | ODI | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 05/11/1992 | 05/20/1992 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Children can accidentally lock themselves in the footwell area of the rear-facing third seat, or in the storage compartment in station wagons not equipped with an optional third seat. once the compartment is closed it cannot be opened from the inside. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | There is a danger of air deprivation, hyperthermia,and/or panic response to a child who has locked himself or herself into thecompartment, with the possibility of asphyxiation. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Replace the self-latching assembly currently used in the rear storage compartment with a latch assembly that can only be closed with a key. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: structure: storage compartments.vehicle description: passenger cars (station wagons).note: ford will have sufficient quantities of the new latch assemblies availableto begin the replacement recall in july, 1992. until the latch assembly isreplaced, ford recommends owners lock the storage compartment when not in use.also, ford advises that the latch striker can be removed to disable the currentlatch until revised latch assemblies are available. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| Front/rear wheels lock up. *ak | |||
| 08/27/2000 | 1 | ||
| The wheel melted in a manner that caused it to come off the axle; the retaining wheel nuts were completely bypassed and totally ineffective. had my son been on the freeway.... probable serious injury to himself and others. k&s serviceman said he had seen even worse situations with meltdowns of wheel. what idiots use other than steel for the wheel? how many people have died because of this? | |||
| 04/20/1999 | |||
| While drivig along on the highway right front wheel broke, causing the vehicle to lose control of the car and slammed into a guardrail. please provide any further information. *ak | |||
| 01/23/1998 | 3 | 09/01/1992 | |
| Wheels cracking. | |||
| 08/31/1995 | |||
| Ft passenger wheel came off, causing a head on collision, replaced the studs and lug nuts four times over the past two year. | |||
| 05/25/1996 | |||
| While coming off a freeway ramp the front right wheel on the passenger side came off. all 5 lugs were sheared off. *ak | |||
| 02/15/1996 | |||
| Three out of four wheels are displaying stress cracks on original wheels. *ak | |||
| 03/02/1995 | 2 | ||
| Wheel cracked while driving to have flat tire repaired. *skd | |||
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 11/28/2000 | 1 | 07/01/1998 | |
| After having ball joint replaced by midas muffler, a defective bolt on my vehicle caused the wheel to disengage and cv boot came out. if this occurred at a higher rate of speed. the occupants would of been severely injured or killed. *ak | |||
| 08/31/1995 | 4 | ||
| Wheel studs keep breaking off, one incident caused wheel to collapse. | |||
| 05/25/1996 | |||
| While coming off a freeway ramp the front right wheel on the passenger side came off. all 5 lugs were sheared off. *ak | |||