2000–2001 Ford Explorer Sport & 2000–2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac + 1 more recall: body & structure
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: Sport utility vehicles with steel hoods and certain pickup trucks equipped with sheet molding compound hoods. A wire formed hood striker could be susceptible to fatigue fractures. If the hood striker fractures, the hood could fly open while the vehicle is being driven.
💥 The risk
A hood fly-up while the vehicle is being operated could result in reduced driver visibility.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the hood striker.
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
- 00V394000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00S45
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 137,700
- Component
- STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 23, 2001
- Built
- Sep 24, 1999 – Oct 17, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began january 23, 2001.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).