Ford Motor Company: Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 28, 2000 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 137,700. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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 remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HOOD STRIKER.
5 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Ford Explorer Sport | 188 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac | 167 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2001 Ford Ranger | 515 | 9 | 9 | 62 |
| 2000 Ford Explorer Sport | 71 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| 2000 Ford Explorer Sport Trac | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 00V394000.
Full record for the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →