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Component: WHEELS: LUGS: NUTS: BOLTS
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| ID: 98V095000 (1997 FORD TRUCK EXPEDITION) |
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| Updated |
Mar 17, 2005 19:41:50 |
| Rating |
 16 ( -2 -12.5% ) |
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Description:
Recall: 1997 Ford Expedition
Component: WHEELS:LUGS:NUTS:BOLTS
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 98V095000
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Potential Number of Units Affected: 1520000Summary:
Vehicle Description: Multi-purpose vehicles and light duty pickup trucks. The
lug nuts on these vehicles may not create sufficient clamp load allowing wheel
movement in relation to the hub/rotor mounting surface.
This can result in the loosening of lug nuts, stud fatigue failure, and the
potential for a wheel separation from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a
vehicle crash.
Owners of these vehicles will be receiving two notifications. The first
notification, which began in May 1998, will provide an interim repair procedure
until parts become available. This interim procedure can be completed by owners
or their dealers. It specifies that the lug nut torque must be verified to be
100 lbs. Then the lug nuts need to be tightened an additional 1/8 to 1/4 turn
more. There will be a second owner notification, which is expected to begin
July 20, 1998, under which dealers will inspect the wheel studs and replace the
wheel lug nuts.
Owners will be receiving two notifications. The first notification, which
began in May 1998, will provide an interim repair procedure. There will be a
second owner notification, which is expected to begin July 20, 1998. Owners who
take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and
do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Ford at
1-800-392-3673. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration''s Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
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