Ford Motor Company: Structure › Body › Door
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 14, 1992 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 190,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
WATER CAN ENTER THE DOOR LATCH RELEASE CABLE. IF THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, THE WATER IN THE DOOR LATCH RELEASE CABLE CAN FREEZE AND CAUSE THE LATCH MECHANISM TO MALFUNCTION.
The risk
THE MALFUNCTION OF THE DOOR LATCH RELEASE CAN RESULT INTHREE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS: 1) THE DOOR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE RELATCHED, 2) THEINSIDE DOOR HANDLE CAN BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND 3) THE DOOR COULD APPEAR TO BELATCHED WHEN IT IS NOT, ALLOWING THE DOOR TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY IF IT IS JARRED,AND INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE ADJACENT SEAT OCCUPANT.
The remedy
REVISED DOOR RELEASE CABLES AND WATER SHIELDS WILL BE INSTALLED.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Ford Bronco | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1992 Ford F-150 | 470 | 9 | 39 | 20 |
| 1992 Ford F-250 | 119 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 1992 Ford F-350 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 1992 Ford F-450 SD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Ford F600 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Ford F700 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Ford F800 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Ford Ranger | 189 | 6 | 32 | 13 |
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 92V006000.
Full record for the 1992 Ford Bronco → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →