NHTSA recall 00V349000
Parking brake › Conventional
Ford Mustang
Reported Oct 30, 2000434,000 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYMaker’s number 00S37Built Oct 4, 1993 – Oct 10, 2000
The defect
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.
The risk
This could result in unintended vehicle movement and a vehicle crash without prior warning.
The remedy
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.