NHTSA recall 00V094000
Engine and engine cooling › Cooling system
Ford Ranger
Reported Mar 28, 200049 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYMaker’s number 00S07Built Mar 7, 2000 – Mar 10, 2000
The defect
Vehicle description: pickup trucks equipped with 2.5L ohc engines. engine coolant circulation through the heater circuit IS prevented because of a plugged heater return tube (water pump inlet tube) at the water pump. these vehicles do not comply with the intent of fmvss no. 103, "windshield defrosting and defogging systems."
The risk
As a result of no heat in the heater circuit, defrost performance IS compromised.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the plugged heater water return tubes.