| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Action Number: DP09003 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD |
| Vehicale/Equipment Model: ESCAPE | Vehicale/Equipment Year: 2002 |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | Manufacturer's Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Date Opened: Apr, 14 2009 | Date Closed: Apr, 15 2009 |
| Subject: ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE | Summary: The office of defects investigation (odi) received a defect petition dated march 5, 2009 alleging that the petitioner never received the recall remedy for 07v-156 and that, as a result, the petitioner's my2003 ford escape caught fire at the abs control module.in response to odi follow-up, the manufacturer verified that the petitioner's vehicle had in fact received service related to safety recall 07v156 - a fact later corroborated by the petitioner.circumstances of the fire experienced in the petitioner's remedied vehicle indicate that the remedy was ineffective.additional review by odi identified an additional 6 similar (alleged to have originated in the engine compartment at or near the abs control module ) non-crash fire incidents in subject vehicles known to have received the recall remedy.accordingly, a recall query (rq09-002) has been opened to assess the effectiveness of the recall remedy. |
