2000–2001 Ford Mustang recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. If a vehicle is parked with the parking brake not fully applied and not in first gear, as directed in the owner guide, and the self adjustment pawl subsequently skips one or two teeth, the vehicle could move on some grades.
💥 The risk
This could result in unintended vehicle movement and a vehicle crash without prior warning.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will modify the parking brake control and install a plate or over-bracket to the control to lock the self adjust mechanism in position following adjustment.
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
- 00V349000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00S37
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 434,000
- Component
- PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Nov 28, 2000
- Built
- Oct 4, 1993 – Oct 10, 2000
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Owner notification began november 28, 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).