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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | ||||||||||||||||
| 00V179000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 06/01/2000 to 06/20/2000 | V (Vehicle) | 2300 | 07/10/2000 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 07/05/2000 | 07/11/2000 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: 4-door sport utility vehicles equipped with side air bags. the subject vehicles have a revised level side crash sensor that could deploy the side air bag if the ignition key is in the run position and the seatbelt webbing is forcibly extracted from a locked retractor with a jerking motion. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Inadvertent side air bag deployment could cause personal injury to the seat occupant. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the side crash sensors with a revised design that will reduce the likelihood of an unexpected side air bag deployment. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began july 10, 2000.owners who 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 1-800-392-3673. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| 16131 | 08/01/2002 | 636151 | Some vehicles may exhibit repeat service for an air bag lamp on with diagnostic trouble codes b1994 and b1998 set. *tt | 11/06/2002 | |
| 16114 | 08/01/2002 | 636137 | Some vehicles may exhibit repeat service for air bag lamp on with diagnostic trouble code b1994 (driver side air bag circuit resistance high) and / or b1998 (passenger side air bag circuit resistance high). *tt | 11/05/2002 | |
| 13563 | 11/01/1999 | 610933 | Some vehicles may exhibit an air bag lamp on with side air bag diagnostic trouble codes b1994 and b1998 in self test. engineering has released a robust overlay harness to install on vehicles that come in for this issue. *tt | 05/18/2000 | |
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | |||||
| 13581 | 11/01/1999 | 614648 | Some vehicles may exhibit an air bag lamp on with side air bag diagnostic trouble codes b1994 and / or b1998 in self test. *tt | 11/29/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 08/01/2005 | 64000 | 1 | 05/20/2000 |
| October 18, 2005 u. s. department of transportation national highway traffic safety administration office of defects investigation nvs-210, 400 7th street sw washington, dc 20590 dear department of transportation: i am writing because of a safety concern with mercury 2000 mountaineer. my mountaineer, vin # 4m2du86p6yuj37466, has a problem with the airbag safety system. i believe this problem is caused by a design deficiency. the airbag warning light on my instrument panel flashes several times and then comes on steady. i took it in for repair and the service representative at the ford dealer told me the wiring harness was bad. they said that tests showed that the harness was corroded. since the harness runs under the carpet on the floor, water and salt had probably entered the harness and corroded it. they said that my airbag system was unreliable. i believe it is unreasonable and dangerous to install a critical safety system component in a known location of corrosives and moisture, unless that component is designed to protect against those hazards. it appears that the airbag wiring harness is not so designed. as these vehicles age, this could become more and more of a problem. the repair is expensive, i was quoted $970. the trade in value of my vehicle is about $8600. as these vehicles age they will have less and less value and the cost of repair will become a larger and larger percentage of vehicle value. i believe you should query ford motor company and find out how prevalent this problem is and see if the frequency of the problem is increasing. it should continue to be monitored as these vehicles age. perhaps mercury should act to replace these harnesses before they become inoperative. j. donald thornton. *nm | |||
| 08/26/2005 | 0 | 0 | 11/17/2000 |
| Intermittent airbag light would come on. when i took to dealership, it was always out, and instead of paying extravagant diagnostic fees they said may not show problem, i did not get it looked at. it was repaired today....a harness electrical shortage which i feel should not be charged to the customer. the short is for something that only a certified tech repairs. airbags harnesses on this vehicle per the repair tech go out regularly, which sounds like a defect to me. the repair passed on to me was more than $300! also, iac attached with too little silicone, which causes the iac to burn and malfunction. it was also repaired. i do not have parts.....dealership kept them. *nm | |||
| 08/29/2003 | 58600 | 2 | 03/31/2001 |
| We were rear ended and both seats broke, flinging us into the back seat. we then went into the oncoming lane (because my wife could no longer reach the steering wheel or the brakes) and were hit head on. complaint #1 - the seats should not have broken. complaint #2 - the airbags never deployed.*ak | |||
| 02/07/2002 | 1 | 03/24/2000 | |
| While leaving parking lot, accelerater pedal became stuck. driver came to a stop by hitting other cars. air bags did not deploy. cause unknown. *ak *tt | |||
| 06/07/2000 | 1 | 09/29/1999 | |
| The air bags failed to deploy during the accident. yh | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 02/15/2006 | 91000 | 1 | 08/16/2004 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving at 35 mph another vehicle ran a stop sign and struck the drivers side of the vehicle causing a rollover. in the accident the air bags did not deploy. no one was injured, seatbelts were worn and a police report was filed. the vehicle was totaled. | |||
| 05/01/2005 | 80000 | 02/02/2002 | |
| Dt: air bags did not deploy going at 35-40mph.states he did have an accident which totaled his front end, but neither air bag (l or r) deployed. | |||
| 06/04/2002 | 1 | 05/16/2000 | |
| With brakes applied attempting to put vehicle in park, the vehicle lunged forward and was out of control and struck a light pole, went over concrete barrier onto next street, and neither air bag deployed. *ak consumer also compalined several times about the brakes. *tt | |||
| 06/07/2000 | 0 | ||
| Consumer's daughter was traveling about 35mph and was proceeding into the intersection while light turned green, another vehicle veered into the right side of consumer's vehicle. vehicle flipped twice onto the road, and landed upside down. daughter had to crawl out of driver's side window. upon impact, driver's air bag failed to deploy. *ak | |||