Recall 97V074000: 1996–1997 Mercury Mountaineer and 1 other model

Report received

Apr 30, 1997

Manufacturer

Ford motor company

Potentially affected

23,000vehicles

Model years

1996–1997

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: multi-purpose passenger vehicles equipped with 5.0l engines originally sold or currently registered in the states of alaska, idaho, iowa, maine, michigan (upper peninsula only), minnesota, montana, nebraska, new hampshire, new york, north dakota, south dakota, vermont, wisconsin, and wyoming. These vehicles, when operated for extended periods of time at highway speeds and temperatures below -20 degrees farenheit, do not return to idle due to ice in the throttle body.

Possible consequence

Although the vehicle can be controlled by either applying the service brakes or shifting the transmission to neutral, increased brake pedal efforts or some increase in stopping distance can result.

Remedy

Dealers will install a revised pcv system with water heated vacuum source.

Affected model years

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

• 1996 Ford Explorer1,450 complaints
• 1997 Ford Explorer1,731 complaints
• 1996 Mercury Mountaineer3 complaints
• 1997 Mercury Mountaineer328 complaints