Recall Detail

FORD / RANGER / 1998

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 10041 Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD
Recalled Component Id: 000009350000203199000000180 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: RANGER Model Year: 1998
NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V204000 Mfr Campaign Number: 99S20
Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 02 1997 End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 16 1998
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 326
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 28 1999 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company Report Received Date: Jul, 28 1999
Record Creation date : Jul, 29 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: electric vehicles. the transaxle may have been manufactured with the park detent spring misaligned. if the spring is misaligned, the park mechanism may not engage when the shift lever is placed in the park position. Consequence Summary: If the park mechanism does not engage and the vehicle operator has not applied the parking brake, the vehicle could roll free as if in neutral.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the transaxle and any with misaligned park detent springs will be replaced. Recall Notes: Owner notification began july 28, 1999.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 1-800-392-3673.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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