2000 Ford Expedition & 2000 Lincoln Navigator recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: multi-purpose vehicles. The trailer hitch assembly to the frame attaching bolts could lose the clamp load.
💥 The risk
The trailer hitch could then separate from the vehicle.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the trailer hitch mounting bolts and nut plates.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V073000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00S05
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 565,800
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 15, 2000
- Built
- Jul 22, 1996 – Dec 9, 1999
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Owner notification began may 15, 2000. 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).