# NHTSA recall 00V402000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 00V402000
- Manufacturer's number: 00S47
- Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Reported: 2000\-11\-28
- Owners notified: 2000\-12\-15
- Component: SUSPENSION
- Units potentially affected: 810000

## What is wrong

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.    UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, A FRONT SWAY BAR LINK CAN FRACTURE.


## What can happen

VEHICLE HANDLING COULD BE AFFECTED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SWAY BAR LINKS.


## Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 15, 2000. 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 \(1\-888\-327\-4236\).


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [1995 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/1995/recalls.md). Built 1994\-08\-11 to 1996\-10\-31.
- [1996 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/1996/recalls.md). Built 1994\-08\-11 to 1996\-10\-31.
- [1997 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/1997/recalls.md). Built 1994\-08\-11 to 1996\-10\-31.
- [1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER](/makes/mercury/mountaineer/1997/recalls.md). Built 1994\-08\-11 to 1996\-10\-31.

## Investigated as PE00039

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE00039: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2000\-09\-20, closed 2000\-11\-30. FRONT SUSPENSION STABILIZER BAR LINK. SUSPENSION.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V402000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V402000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [RCDNN00V4028174](/bulletins/10204995.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [RCDNN\-00V402\-817](/bulletins/10076008.md), 2016-07-07, Service bulletin
- [16385](/bulletins/10008322.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin
- [16735](/bulletins/10002643.md), 2003-09-09, Service bulletin
- [15692](/bulletins/636326.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin
- [00M11](/bulletins/625866.md), 2001-12-10, Service bulletin
- [14371](/bulletins/618639.md), 2001-04-18, Service bulletin
- [00M11](/bulletins/618536.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin
- [5249](/bulletins/615366.md), 2001-01-13, Service bulletin
- [4634](/bulletins/615172.md), 2001-01-03, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V402000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V402000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2000V402000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F00V402000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2000V402000)