Ford Motor Company: Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 4, 1992 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 48,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE SOUND INSULATION ON THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE DASH PANEL CAN CONTACT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.
The risk
CONTACT BETWEEN THE INSULATION AND THE HOT EXHAUSTMANIFOLD MAY RESULT IN A ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE SOUND INSULATOR AT NO COST TO OWNERS.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Ford F-250 | 119 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 1992 Ford F-350 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 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 92V112000.
Full record for the 1992 Ford F-250 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →