| NHTSA Record Id: 8402 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011293000203116000000263 |
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| Model Name: MOUNTAINEER |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V228001 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 00S21 |
| Component Name: SEAT BELTS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 03 2000 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 30 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 144435 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 26 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: Aug, 18 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 22 2000 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 209 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. the buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." |
Consequence Summary: In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the date code on certain seat belt buckles of your vehicle and replace all seat belt buckles that fall within the suspect date code range. owner notification began october 26, 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. |
Recall Notes: 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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