2000 Ford Focus recall: speed control
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with speed control and automatic transmission. A speed control cable could have a core wire that is long enough to catch on the sleeve at the throttle body end of the cable during wide-open throttle acceleration.
💥 The risk
A throttle that does not return to idle could result in reduced vehicle control and, potentially, a vehicle crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect these vehicles and, if necessary, replace the speed control cable. Owner notification began october 12, 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.
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
- 00V302000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00S30
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 28,800
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 12, 2000
- Built
- Mar 8, 1999 – Feb 25, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).