2000 Ford Focus recall: wheels
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The rear wheel hub retaining nuts CAN loosen and allow the left rear wheel and brake drum assembly to separate from the vehicle.
💥 The risk
This condition could result in a vehicle crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the rear wheel bearings and install a rear wheel retention cap to prevent left rear wheel separation. 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
- 00V303000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00S31
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 203,700
- Component
- WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 12, 2000
- Built
- Mar 5, 1999 – May 5, 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).