2001 Ford Escape recall: windows, wipers & mirrors
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. The windshield wiper linkage CAN disengage due to a broken ball socket.
💥 The risk
This condition will likely result in sudden and complete loss of the windshield wiper function, or of the wiper function on the driver side only, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the wiper module.
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
- 00V387002
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00S49
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 46,000
- Component
- VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 11, 2000
- Built
- Oct 22, 1999 – Nov 16, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during december 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).