| NHTSA Record Id: 6230 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011973000089843000000251 |
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| Model Name: MUSTANG GT |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V355000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 00S43 |
| Component Name: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 03 2000 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 30 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 11400 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 21 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: Nov, 03 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 03 2000 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 103 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with 4.6l engines. a coolant flow blockage exists at the intake manifold heater core nipple resulting in no coolant flow to the heater and, therefore, no warm air flow from the heater or windshield defroster. vehicles with this condition do not comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 103, "windshield defrosting and defogging systems." |
Consequence Summary: Loss of visibility could occur, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : customers will be asked to verify, following instructions provided, that heated air flows from their vehicle's heater/defroster outlets. the customers will be advised to contact their dealers to make arrangements for repair of their vehicles if no heated air flow exists at these outlets. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 21, 2000.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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