3 recalls found. |
DEFECT #1 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:SPRINGS
Posted on: 1997-08-07
Description
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks, bus chassis-cowl, and basic chassis models equipped with cummins 5.9l 160 horsepower rotary injection pump diesel engines. The accelerator return springs can fracture.
Consequence
The accelerator may not return to idle increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Corrective Action
Dealers will replace these springs with a torsion spring design.
Notes
Owner notification is expected to begin september 30, 1997.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 1-800-424-9393.
DEFECT #2 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Posted on: 1995-05-19
Description
Friction between the accelerat0r lever and the automatic transmission modulator lever can result in interference between the two levers which could prevent the engine from fully returning to idle.
Consequence
This interference can prevent the engine from fully returning to idle and could result in loss of vehicle control and an accident.
Corrective Action
Dealers will install a revised modulator lever on the involved vehicles.
Notes
System: fuel; throttle linkages and control and powertrain; transmission; automatic; lever and linkage. Vehicle description: medium duty trucks and cowl-chassis vehicles equipped with 160 horsepower fd-1060 engine and automatic transmission.note: if your vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and the remedy is not provided free of charge within a reasonable time, please contact ford at 1-800-392-3673. Also contact the national highwaytraffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
DEFECT #3 - WHEELS
Posted on: 1992-11-27
Description
Consequence
Using the wrong sized clamps to attach the rim and tireassembly to the wheel spokes could cause the studs that attach the clamps to thespokes to bend. If the studs are bent, there is an increased risk of studfracture that could result in the rim and tire assembly breaking from thewheel.
Corrective Action
Replace the clamps and studs on the cast spoke wheels.
Notes
System: wheels.vehicle description: incomplete 6000 to 12000 pound front gawr chassis-cabvehicles equipped with cast spoke wheels.decription of defect: one or more of the six clamps that hold the tire and rimassembly to the cast spokes of the front wheel may have been of an incorrectsize.note: the f150, f250, f350, f-super duty, and the bronco vehicles are notinvolved in this recall campaign.