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NHTSA recall 00V394000

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and attachments

Ford Explorer Sport and 2 more

Reported Nov 28, 2000137,700 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYMaker’s number 00S45Built Sep 24, 1999 – Oct 17, 2000

The defect

Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles with steel hoods and certain pickup trucks equipped with sheet molding compound hoods. a wire formed hood striker could be susceptible to fatigue fractures. if the hood striker fractures, the hood could fly open while the vehicle IS being driven.

The risk

A hood fly-up while the vehicle IS being operated could result in reduced driver visibility.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the hood striker.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Explorer Sport
20002001
Ford Explorer Sport Trac
20002001
Ford Ranger
2001

Notes

Owner notification began january 23, 2001.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).