Recalls › 98V257000

NHTSA recall 98V257000

Power train › Manual transmission

Ford E-350 and 1 more

Reported Oct 14, 1998350 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt Aug 13, 1998 – Aug 24, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: pickup trucks built with single rear wheels and equipped with 3.55:1 and 3.73:1 axle ratio. these vehicles were built with incorrect speedometer driven gears, resulting in a lower speedometer reading than the actual vehicle speed being driven.

The risk

This can result in the vehicle being driven at an unsafe or illegal speed should the driver not realize that his vehicle road speed IS greater than the speedometer indication.

The remedy

Dealers will install the correct speedometer gear.

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford E-350
1999
Ford Econoline
1999

Notes

Owner notification began february 26, 1999. 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).