Recall 00V179000: 2000 Mercury Mountaineer and 1 other model

Report received

Jul 5, 2000

Manufacturer

Ford motor company

Potentially affected

2,300vehicles

Model years

2000

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Vehicle description: 4-door sport utility vehicles equipped with side air bags. The subject vehicles have a revised level side crash sensor that could deploy the side air bag if the ignition key is in the "run" position and the seatbelt webbing is forcibly extracted from a locked retractor with a jerking motion.

Possible consequence

Inadvertent side air bag deployment could cause personal injury to the seat occupant.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the side crash sensors with a revised design that will reduce the likelihood of an unexpected side air bag deployment.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2000 Ford Explorer952 complaints
• 2000 Mercury Mountaineer123 complaints