{"source":"nhtsa","campaign":"98V094000","as_of":"2026-10-19","investigations":[{"action":"EA97026","kind":"EA","kind_name":"Engineering analysis","opened":"1997-11-26","closed":"1998-05-13","open":false,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","component":"SUSPENSION","subject":"FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FAILURE","summary":"ALLEGED THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS MAY FRACTURE, PERMITTING SUSPENSION COLLAPSE, POSSIBLE TIRE PUNCTURE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR COMPROMISE TO VEHICLE SAFETY","campaigns":["98I002000","98V094000"],"match":null,"models":[]},{"action":"RQ98016","kind":"RQ","kind_name":"Recall query","opened":"1998-09-29","closed":"1999-01-12","open":false,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS","subject":"FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BREAKAGE","summary":"FRONT SUSPENSION SPRINGS AY BREAK DUE TO MANUFACTURING CRACHS IN COMBINATION WITH CORROSION.","campaigns":["98V094000"],"match":null,"models":[]},{"action":"RQ99017","kind":"RQ","kind_name":"Recall query","opened":"1999-08-09","closed":"2000-02-16","open":false,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","component":"SUSPENSION","subject":"FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING","summary":null,"campaigns":["98V094000"],"match":null,"models":[]}],"note":"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.","attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/98V094000"}