Recall Detail

FORD / MUSTANG / 1999

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 6426 Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD
Recalled Component Id: 000011933000215031000000116 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: MUSTANG Model Year: 1999
NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V349000 Mfr Campaign Number: 00S37
Component Name: PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 04 1993 End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 10 2000
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 434000
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 28 2000 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company Report Received Date: Oct, 30 2000
Record Creation date : Oct, 31 2000 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. if a vehicle is parked with the parking brake not fully applied and not in first gear, as directed in the owner guide, and the self adjustment pawl subsequently skips one or two teeth, the vehicle could move on some grades. Consequence Summary: This could result in unintended vehicle movement and a vehicle crash without prior warning.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will modify the parking brake control and install a plate or over-bracket to the control to lock the self adjust mechanism in position following adjustment. Recall Notes: Owner notification began november 28, 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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