Ford Motor Company: Parking Brake › Conventional
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 30, 2000 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 434,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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 remedy
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.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Ford Mustang | 173 | 8 | 2 | 37 |
| 2000 Ford Mustang | 311 | 9 | 9 | 56 |
| 1999 Ford Mustang | 213 | 10 | 2 | 50 |
| 1998 Ford Mustang | 236 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 1997 Ford Mustang | 176 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| 1996 Ford Mustang | 246 | 12 | 6 | 17 |
| 1995 Ford Mustang | 602 | 16 | 29 | 48 |
| 1994 Ford Mustang | 356 | 13 | 19 | 22 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 00V349000.
Full record for the 2001 Ford Mustang → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →