# NHTSA recall 14V165000

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: 14V165000
- Manufacturer's number: 14S02
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2014\-04\-02
- Owners notified: 2014\-05\-30
- Component: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- Units potentially affected: 348950

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain model year 2001\-2004 Escape vehicles manufactured October 22, 1999, through January 23, 2004, originally sold, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.  These vehicles may experience excessive corrosion at the forward attachment of the lower control arm.


## What can happen

A separation of the lower control arm can result in a significant loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install a newly designed reinforcement cross\-brace, free of charge.  The recall began on May 30, 2014.   Owners may contact Ford at 1\-800\-392\-3673.  Ford's number for this recall is 14S02.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 348950
- Reported remedied: 129882 \(37%\)
- Reported unreachable: 20532
- Reported removed: 331

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2001 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2001/recalls.md). Built 1999\-10\-22 to 2003\-12\-19.
- [2002 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2002/recalls.md). Built 1999\-10\-22 to 2003\-12\-19.
- [2003 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2003/recalls.md). Built 1999\-10\-22 to 2003\-12\-19.
- [2004 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2004/recalls.md). Built 1999\-10\-22 to 2003\-12\-19.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [16\-0071](/bulletins/10183772.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin
- [042513](/bulletins/10014265.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin
- [16420](/bulletins/10008347.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin
- [15756](/bulletins/636397.md), 2002-11-08, Service bulletin
- [16103](/bulletins/636122.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin
- [0293](/bulletins/636092.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin
- [14945](/bulletins/620189.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin
- [14878](/bulletins/620175.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin
- [14593](/bulletins/617971.md), 2001-04-02, 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)

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